Charak Samhita

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पितृजश्चायं गर्भः| नहि पितुरृते गर्भोत्पत्तिः स्यात्, न च जन्म जरायुजानाम्| यानि खल्वस्य गर्भस्य पितृजानि, यानि चास्य पितृतः सम्भवतः सम्भवन्ति, तान्यनुव्याख्यास्यामः; तद्यथा-केशश्मश्रुनखलोमदन्तास्थिसिरास्नायुधमन्यः शुक्रं चेति (पितृजानि) ||७||

sanskrit

The father contributes in the process of embryogenesis. There can be no conception and birth of viviparous animals without the father. We shall hereby describe those bodily components derived from the father. They are: kesha (hair of the head), smashru (facial hair), nakha (nail), loma (small hair on the body), danta (teeth), asthi (bones), sira (veins), snayu (ligaments), dhamnyah (arteries) and shukra (semen).

english translation

pitRjazcAyaM garbhaH| nahi piturRte garbhotpattiH syAt, na ca janma jarAyujAnAm| yAni khalvasya garbhasya pitRjAni, yAni cAsya pitRtaH sambhavataH sambhavanti, tAnyanuvyAkhyAsyAmaH; tadyathA-kezazmazrunakhalomadantAsthisirAsnAyudhamanyaH zukraM ceti (pitRjAni) ||7||

hk transliteration