| The preceding chapter dealt with overarching concepts of physical and spiritual importance, such as purusha, atma, manas, and buddhi. In continuation, this chapter begins with the “origin of a human being” as a result of sexual intercourse with a woman in her fertile period by a man from a different clan (atulya-gotra). It then talks of various factors influencing the embryogenesis, fetal growth and development, genetic abnormalities, features of sadya-grihita garbhā (a female who has just conceived) etc. Consanguinity (tulya gotra) is being related to someone by blood, in contrast to atulya gotra. | | The preceding chapter dealt with overarching concepts of physical and spiritual importance, such as purusha, atma, manas, and buddhi. In continuation, this chapter begins with the “origin of a human being” as a result of sexual intercourse with a woman in her fertile period by a man from a different clan (atulya-gotra). It then talks of various factors influencing the embryogenesis, fetal growth and development, genetic abnormalities, features of sadya-grihita garbhā (a female who has just conceived) etc. Consanguinity (tulya gotra) is being related to someone by blood, in contrast to atulya gotra. |