Abstract

A REVIEW OF LITERATURE OF VANDHYATVA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INFERTILITY

*Dr. Takpere Sagar Dattatray and Dr. Ankush Dattatraya Khedkar

Abstract

One does not find unequivocal description of this entity in any of the Ayurvedic Classic except Harita Samhita. Harita has defined bandhyatva as failure to achieve a child rather than pregnancy, other Ayurvedic Classics have not used word bandhyatva but it's the only symptom failure i.e. to achieve pregnancy has been raftered under various conditions coitus with an old young or diseased woman, coitus in abnormal posture, due to diseases of yoni and abnormalities artava, Kashyapa says that the couple having number of children with proper growth & development due to effect of nature or their own deeds are fortunate, otherrwise should be treated in sushruta samhita etc. one disease named vandhya is Included among twenty gynecologic disorders.

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