The Long Āgama Sūtra 13.53

13.53

「阿難！我以是緣，知觸由名色，緣名色有觸，我所說者，義在於此。阿難！緣識有名色，此為何義？若識不入母胎者，有名色不？」

“Ānanda, it’s for this reason that we know contact comes from name and form. ‘Contact exists conditioned by name and form.’ That’s the meaning of what I said.

“Ānanda, ‘name and form exist conditioned by consciousness.’ What does this mean? Suppose that consciousness didn’t enter the mother’s womb. Would there be name and form?”