Abstract

Dr. Shweta Kherde*

ABSTRACT

In Ayurveda, the knowledge of Garbha helps to generate conditions for better management of pregnancy, leading to the creation of a healthy new generation and thus helping overall development of the society. Knowledge of embryology in the present era is the same as that described in Ayurveda many years ago. In the present study, the terms and procedures related to garbha are described properly from garbhdhana to delivery. Shukra and Shonita get united in the uterus, and with the entry of Atma, it is called Garbha. Garbha – Maharshi Charaka says that the Samyoga of Shukra, Shonita, and Jeeva (Atma) inside the Kukshi is named as Garbha.[2] The definition of Garbha has also been precisely propounded by Sushruta. He states that a combined state of Shukra and Shonita in Garbhashaya, intermixed with the Prakritis and Vikaras and ridden in by the atma, is called Garabha.  Later, after the cell division, it progresses towards clear differentiation of body parts. At this stage, it will be called a foetus. The process of formation of the embryo into the mature foetus takes place in a very slow manner & takes almost 9 months.