諸經要集 8.11

8.11

又中陰經。佛問彌勒。閻浮提兒生墮地。乃至三歲。母之懷抱為飲幾乳。彌勒答曰。飲乳一百八十斛。除母腹中所食四分。東弗于逮兒生墮地。乃至三歲。飲乳一千八百斛。西拘耶尼兒生墮地。乃至三歲。飲乳八百八十斛。北欝單曰兒生墮地。坐著陌頭。行人授指𠲿指。七日成人。彼土無乳。中陰眾生飲吸於風（古人用其小升准今唐升一升當舊三升故乳似多）。

Also, in the Antarābhava-sūtra, the Buddha asked Maitreya: 'From the time an infant of Jambudvīpa falls to the ground upon birth until the age of three, how much milk does it drink in its mother's embrace?' Maitreya answered: 'It drinks one hundred and eighty hu of milk, excluding the four parts of nourishment taken within the mother's womb. An infant of Pūrvavideha, from falling to the ground upon birth until the age of three, drinks one thousand eight hundred hu of milk. An infant of Aparagodānīya, from falling to the ground upon birth until the age of three, drinks eight hundred and eighty hu of milk. In Uttarakuru, when an infant falls to the ground upon birth, it is placed beside the road, where passersby offer their fingers to suck, and in seven days it becomes an adult; in that land there is no milk. Sentient beings in the intermediate state drink and draw upon the wind.' (Ancient measures used a small sheng; compared to today's Tang sheng, one sheng corresponds to three old sheng, which is why the volume of milk seems large).