Charak Samhita

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असृङ्गिरुद्धं पवनेन नार्या गर्भं व्यवस्यन्त्यबुधाः कदाचित्| गर्भस्य रूपं हि करोति तस्यास्तदसृगस्रवि विवर्धमानम् ||८||

sanskrit

Menstrual blood obstructed by vayu in (the uterus of) a woman is mistaken as pregnancy sometimes by the ignorant. The blood that does not flow out but gradually accumulates within the uterus produces signs and symptoms similar to pregnancy.

english translation

asRGgiruddhaM pavanena nAryA garbhaM vyavasyantyabudhAH kadAcit| garbhasya rUpaM hi karoti tasyAstadasRgasravi vivardhamAnam ||8||

hk transliteration