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to develop by extracting the nutritional essential from the blood stream 49 of the mother via blood vessels of rhe placenta.':50
The new human being develops only from the cells which tie along one side hollow ball originally implanted in the uterus, like a stalk of fruit or lotus 51 “The other cells form membranes which nourish and protect the developing child eventually form part of the afterbirth."52
The Placenta (Mātějivarasaharan 153 )
The placenta in the female uterus is the organ made up of the villis plus the tissues of the uterine wall in which they are embedded. By means of this placenta the developing embryo obtains nutrients, 54 and "oxyen and gets rid of carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes 55 as explained in modern Biology.
According to Jaina Biology it appears from the statement māujivarasa harani puttajivrarasaharani māujivapadibaddhā puttajivam phudā” that there are many capillaries in the villi which receive blood from the embryo by way of one of the two umbilical arteries and return it to the embryo by way of the umbllical vein (nābhirasa haraņi)56
49. Biology p.-25. 50. Sūtrakstanga 11. 3 ; Bhagavati Sūtra 1. 7. 62
"Jaṁ se māyā nāņāvihão pavarasavigaio...... davvăim ahárei tao egadisenam
oyamahārei /", Tandula Veyaliya, 5, p. 9 51. “Tassa phalabimtasarisã uppalanālovamā bhavai nābhirasaharani Jaņanie sayā
in nābhie Paạibaddhā nābhie tie gabbho oyam aiyai amhayam tie oyactie gabbho vivaddhai Jáva Jäutti", Tandula Veyaliya 5, p. 9. Mauji varasaharani Puttajivarasaharani maujivapadibaddha puttajivar paļibaddha
maujivaphuda tamha ciņai /”, Ibid, 4, p. 9. 52. Biology, p, 425. Tandula Veyaliya 5, p. 9. 53. Tassa phalabimtasarisa uppanālovama bhavai...... .Jāņânie saya imoabhie
padibaddbi nabhie tie gabbho ayam aiyai anhayamtie oyae tie gabbho vivaddhai
jāva jautti /", Tandula Veyaliya, 5, p. 9. 54. Biology, p. 425. .
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. 55. Tandula Vevaliva 4 9 A AA 56. Māujivarasaharaṇi puttajivarasa haraņi māujivapadibaddhā puttajivam phuậā
lamhā āharei tambá pariņāmei avarāvi naṁ puttajivapadibaddha mãujivaphuda tamhä сiņāi /", / Ibid. ; Tassa phalabimtasarisá uppalanálovama bhavai sabhirasaharani Jananie saya im gabhie paļibaddhā nābhie lie gabbco oya min aiyai anhaya mitic oye tie gabbho vivaddhai Jāva Jáuti/" Ibid, 5, p. 9.
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