Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SÚTRA
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It absorbs the mother's blood (ojam) with one part of many kinds of transformed food taken by her.'
There is no excrement nor urine nor spitting (or saliva) nor rheum (of nose) nor vomitting, in case of the being while it is in the womb, because it collects whatever it absorbs and transforms the same in the forms of ear, skin, bone, marrow, hair, beard, hair on the body (roma) and nails.
The being, existing there absorbs abundant food by the whole body but not by the mouth and transforms it, inhales and exhales again and again, for the Matrýīva-rasaharani (mother's naval string) and the Putrajīvarasaharani (child's naval string) are joined together."
There is also the other string bound by the putrajīva (child's being) and touched by the Mātrjava (mother's being) through which the child receives and accumulates the foodmatter,
The Mātrangas (limbs of mother) received and possessed by the child are known to be his flesh, blood and brain, while the Pitr-angas (limbs of father) are his bone, marrow, hair, beard, and hair on the body.
Position of the child in the mother's womb The child existing in the mother's womb remains like an umbrella or the side ribs of human body (gabbhagae samāne uttanae vā pā:illae), it is like a hump-backed (crooked) mango (ambakhajjae) and also stays standing, sitting and laying (tuyattejja).?
When the mother sleeps, wakes up and becomes happy and unhappy the child also sleeps, wakes up and becomes happy and unhappy respectively.8
Birth of the child--A child is born after the complete course of pregnancy of full nine months seven and half nights and days according to the Medical Science as explained by the BhS. At the time of delivery, if it comes out straight either head or feet emerging first, it is born) is safe, but attains death if it comes crosswise, i.e. obliquely.
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