Charak Samhita
तत्रास्य केचिदङ्गावयवा मातृजादीनवयवान् विभज्य पूर्वमुक्ता यथावत्। महाभूतविकारप्रविभागेन त्विदानीमस्य तांश्चैवाङ्गावयवान् कांश्चित् पर्यायान्तरेणापरांश्चानुव्याख्यास्यामः। मातृजादयोऽप्यस्य महाभूतविकारा एव। तत्रास्याकाशात्मकं शब्दः श्रोत्रं लाघवं सौक्ष्म्यं विवेकश्च, वाय्वात्मकं स्पर्शः स्पर्शनं रौक्ष्यं प्रेरणं धातुव्यूहनं चेष्टाश्च शारीर्यः, अग्न्यात्मकं रूपं दर्शनं प्रकाशः पक्तिरौष्ण्यं च, अबात्मकं रसो रसनं शैत्यं मार्दवं स्नेहःक्लेदश्च, पृथिव्यात्मकं गन्धो घ्राणं गौरवं स्थैर्यं मूर्तिश्चेति ॥१२॥
[Mahabhuta-specific features] Some of the body parts of fetus like those having origin in mother etc. have already been enumerated earlier. Now we will enlist them according to the category based on modifications of the panchamahabhuta (five elements) with some additional ones. Even those parts originated from mother etc. are also due to modifications on panchamahabhuta. In the fetus, the parts originated from akasha mahabhuta are- sound, auditory sensation, lightness, fineness and space; the parts from vayu mahabhuta are – tangibility, sense of touch, roughness, impulsion, structuring of body tissues and maintaining of movements of the body and dosha; the parts belonging to agni mahabhuta are visible form, vision, brightness, digestion and heat; those belonging to apa mahabhuta are taste, sense of taste, coldness, softness, unctuousness and moisture; those belonging to prithvi mahabhuta are odor, sensation of smell, heaviness, steadiness and material form.
english translation
1.
कतिधापुरुषीयशारीरम्
Katidhapurusha Sharira (knowledge Of Holistic Human Being)
2.
अतुल्यगोत्रीयशारीरम्
Atulyagotriya Sharira (different Clans And Aspects Of The Human Birth)
3.
खुड्डिकागर्भावक्रान्तिशारीरम्
Khuddika Garbhavakranti Sharira (factors Responsible For Embryogenesis)
महतीगर्भावक्रान्तिशारीरम्
Mahatigarbhavakranti Sharira (detail Description On Embryonic Development)
5.
पुरुषविचयशारीरम्
Purusha Vichaya Sharira (detailed Study Of Holistic Human Being)
6.
शरीरविचयशारीरम्
Sharira Vichaya Sharira (analytical Study Of The Human Body)
7.
शरीरसङ्ख्याशारीरम्
Sharira Sankhya Sharira (numerological Account Of Human Body Constituents)
8.
जातिसूत्रीयशारीरम्
Jatisutriya Sharira (obstetrics, Maternal Health And Neonatal Care)
तत्रास्य केचिदङ्गावयवा मातृजादीनवयवान् विभज्य पूर्वमुक्ता यथावत्। महाभूतविकारप्रविभागेन त्विदानीमस्य तांश्चैवाङ्गावयवान् कांश्चित् पर्यायान्तरेणापरांश्चानुव्याख्यास्यामः। मातृजादयोऽप्यस्य महाभूतविकारा एव। तत्रास्याकाशात्मकं शब्दः श्रोत्रं लाघवं सौक्ष्म्यं विवेकश्च, वाय्वात्मकं स्पर्शः स्पर्शनं रौक्ष्यं प्रेरणं धातुव्यूहनं चेष्टाश्च शारीर्यः, अग्न्यात्मकं रूपं दर्शनं प्रकाशः पक्तिरौष्ण्यं च, अबात्मकं रसो रसनं शैत्यं मार्दवं स्नेहःक्लेदश्च, पृथिव्यात्मकं गन्धो घ्राणं गौरवं स्थैर्यं मूर्तिश्चेति ॥१२॥
[Mahabhuta-specific features] Some of the body parts of fetus like those having origin in mother etc. have already been enumerated earlier. Now we will enlist them according to the category based on modifications of the panchamahabhuta (five elements) with some additional ones. Even those parts originated from mother etc. are also due to modifications on panchamahabhuta. In the fetus, the parts originated from akasha mahabhuta are- sound, auditory sensation, lightness, fineness and space; the parts from vayu mahabhuta are – tangibility, sense of touch, roughness, impulsion, structuring of body tissues and maintaining of movements of the body and dosha; the parts belonging to agni mahabhuta are visible form, vision, brightness, digestion and heat; those belonging to apa mahabhuta are taste, sense of taste, coldness, softness, unctuousness and moisture; those belonging to prithvi mahabhuta are odor, sensation of smell, heaviness, steadiness and material form.
english translation