Venerable Bhante Pesala,
M I, 265. Notes from the Co by Ven. Bodhi: the being to be reborn...a being
driven on by the mechanism of kamma, due to be reborn on that occasion.
It does not suggest a phase in between death and rebirth.
In another text I read about different names given to an embryo in different
stages of development.
With respect,
Nina.
op 21-03-2005 23:42 schreef Bhikkhu Pesala op pesala@...:

> I'm having problems with this word. In the context of the three causes for
> rebirth - Gandhabbo paccupatthito hoti - it means the presence of a being
> to be born. In other contexts it refers to a celestial musician.
>
> In the former context, is the word derived from Gantha = a fetter, a bond,
> or gabbha = womb, or from gandha = scent, odour. As far as I can see, the
> PTS dictionary only gives the sense of celestial musician.