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Shukra Dhatu
Shukra Dhatu
• Such klede
• Majja jata dhatu
• Shukra is one among the ten seats of vitality
(dashapranayatanani) [Cha. Sa. Sharira Sthana
7/9] Thus extreme depletion of its quality and
quantity may lead to death.
Synonyms
• Pumstvam / Paurusham: denoting masculinity
• Retas: that which flows (denoting seminal fluid)
• Beejam: denoting the germ element/origin/ source/cause
• Veeryam: denoting the power/potency /valor/heroism
• Teja: showing the essential nature or essence of tissues
• Indriyam: bodily virile power or power of the sense
• Annavikara: originated from the nutrient fluid (ahara rasa)
• Majjarasa: derived from the essence of bone
marrow(majja dhatu
• Akshaya,
• Nirmala
• Anandaprabhava
• Kittavarjitha
Panchabhautika constitution
• Sukra kshaya
• क्लै ब्यं शुक्राविसर्गश्च क्षीणशुक्रस्य लक्षणम्||६९||cha
• शुक्रक्षये मेढ्र वृषणवेदनाऽशक्तिर्मैथुने चिराद्वा प्रसेकः प्रसेके
चाल्परक्तशुक्रदर्शनम् [५] ||९|| (su.su./15/9)
Sukra kshaya( ashtanga hridaya)
• शुक्रे चिरात् प्रसिच्येत शुक्रं शोणितमेव वा|
तोदोऽत्यर्थं वृषणयोर्मेढ्रं धूमायतीव च||२०||
Characteristics of vitiated semen (shukradushti)