The text describes a sequence for conception: the husband keeps away from the menstruating woman for three days; on the fourth day she bathes, adorns herself and eats a good meal including warm khichdi with oil, while he eats food rich in ghee, milk and jaggery with plenty of aphrodisiac fare and adorns himself; they unite at night with glad minds, and afterwards she lies on her right side for one muhūrta if a son is wished, on her left if a daughter.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गर्भाधानक्रम
- Hindi
- गर्भाधान क्रम
- English
- Procedure for conception
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| khichdiखिचड़ी | कृशराौाभोजनीम् / तैलयुक्त गरम खिचडी | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | सतैल / तैलयुक्त | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शक्कर (भावार्थ only) | Not stated |
How it is used
The woman eats warm khichdi with oil; the man eats food mixed with ghee, milk and jaggery and plenty of aphrodisiac, heavy fare.
पुरुष भी स्वयं उस दिन घी, दूध, शक्कर, गुड अैर अत्यधिक वाजीकरण गरिष्ठ द्रव्यों से संयुक्त, भ़यों को खाकर अच्छी तरह अपना अलंकार कर लेवें,
Indicated for, as the text says
- Embryology and conception (garbha)(सुतेःभिलाषो यदि विद्यते तयो (संतान की इच्छा))
Duration as written
three days of abstinence; lying on one side for one muhūrta afterwards · दिनत्रयं (तीन दिन); मुहूर्तकम् (एक मुहूर्त)
तीन दिन तक पति उस स्त्री का संस्पर्श नहीं करंे। चैथे दिन मंे वह स्त्री पानी में प्रवेश कर अच्छी तरह स्नान कर लेवंे,Source wording as converted, Chapter 2 · p. 21 · v. 43-45.Safety
- Caution in the text: The next section says conception on the first three days of menstruation harms the child, so it should take place only on the fourth day.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 2
- Extraction tasks
- T02
- Record id
- method_garbhadhana_p93