Prakriti: The Constitution

When the shukla (semen) meets the andanu (ovum, or shonita, blood) in the fallopian tube to form the zygote, they carry with them the same doshic profile of the father and mother respectively, at the time of conception. The result of this union, as well as the food and habits of the mother during gestation, the season of conception and the karmic influences of the being to be born, forms the prakriti, or constitutional nature of the embryo.