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Bhagavati Sütra Bk. 1 Ch. 7
Q. 243. Bhante ! An embryo entering in the wombdoes it do so with body, or without body?
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A. 243. Gautama! To some extent with body and to some extent without body ?
Q. 244. Why is it so ?
A. 244. Gautama! From the standpoint of gross, fluid and assimilative body, it is without a body; but from the standpoint of caloric and kārmaṇ body, it is with body. Hence, Gautama, it is so150.
Q. 245. Bhante! When entering in the womb, what's its first intake ?
A. 245. Gautama! Its first intake is mother's blood and the father's semen-kaluşa and kilvişa,-which are the first intake on entering the mother's womb.
Q. 246. Bhante! What is its intake after it is lodged in the womb ?
A. 246. Gautama! Along with the mother's blood, it takes a part of the substance from the mother's multifarious intakes.
Q. 247. Bhante! Does the soul lodged in the womb have stool, urine, phlegm, nose mucus, vomiting and bile ?]
A. 247. It does not have them.
Q. 248. How is it so ?
A. 248. Gautama! The intake and its transformation that the soul has after being lodged in the womb go in to form its organ of touch, bones, marrows, hairs, beard, pore-hairs and nails. Hence (it has no excreta).
