Charak Samhita

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गर्भस्य चत्वारि चतुर्विधानि भूतानि मातापितृसम्भवानि| आहारजान्यात्मकृतानि चैव सर्वस्य सर्वाणि भवन्ति देहे ||२६||

sanskrit

Foetus is made up of four set of four mahabhutas (i.e., of all except akasha), i.e., one set each from the mother, the father, from nutrition provided by the mother, and from the self only.

english translation

garbhasya catvAri caturvidhAni bhUtAni mAtApitRsambhavAni| AhArajAnyAtmakRtAni caiva sarvasya sarvANi bhavanti dehe ||26||

hk transliteration