Dear Alan,

> Everyone seems to realize the orthodox position, but some
> people believe in an antaraabhava anyway.

Orthodox to Theravada but not to the majority of other Indian Buddhist
schools.
Anyway, here is the list below.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge

* Maha-tanha-sankhaya Sutta (MN 38) re: need for presence of gandhabba
* Sampasadaniya Sutta (DN 28) and Sangiti Sutta (DN 33) re: a bodhisattva's
moment of entry into the mother's womb as "being mindful and fully aware".
CF. Mahapadana Sutta (DN 14); Acchariya-abbhuta Sutta (MN 123);
Pathama-tathagata-acchariya Sutta (AN 4: 27); Bhumicala Sutta (AN 8:70)
* Samyutta Nikaya (SN 48:15, 24, 66, 51:26, 54:5, 55:25); Purisagati Sutta
(AN 7:55) and Samyojana Sutta (AN 4:131) re: antaraparinibbayi / "one who
has abandoned the fetter of rebirth (upapatti-samyojana) without yet having
abandoned the fetter of existence (bhava-samyojana)"

* Metta Sutta (Khp 9, Sn 1:8) etc re: bhuta (those who have been born) and
sambhavesi (those seeking birth).

* Channovada Sutta (MN 144); Channa Sutta (SN 4:35:87);
Catuttha-nibbana-patisamyutta Sutta (Ud 74)] mention the states of "here or
beyond or between the two".

* Kutuhala Sutta (SN 4:44:9) also tells of "a being [who] has laid down his
body but has not yet been reborn in another body".