--- In iastam@yahoogroups.com, Dominik Wujastyk <ucgadkw@u...> wrote:
I think I will have to understand according to your way of
understanding. my quesion is what is meant by shukra. How it is
described in the "male and female".

The definition of shukra according to the ayurveda is "garbhopadacha
karmani". I cannot translate this exactly in the english properly.

vaibhav
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Vaibhav EKnathrao Waghmare wrote:
>
> > sir, If artava stands for the ovum and related anatomy with
menstrual
> > blood then what is meant by raja ?
>
>
> There is no concept of ovum in classical Ayurveda. There's no word
for it
> in Sanskrit. It isn't there as an idea. "Aartava" means menstrual
blood,
> not ovum.
>
> When you say "raja" I assume you mean "rajas". This is a neuter
noun and
> in this context it means the same as "aartava", i.e, menstrual
blood. The
> words are synonyms.
>
> DW