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eings without passing through fetal and infant stages. They do not come out from mother's
wombs. They appear right at their dwellings, i.e. celestial mansions, forests, mountains, streams
or oceans. The first human beings were born in this way when this kappa (world-cycle) was
formed. They suddenly took their human form without the necessity of conception.
9.2. Born Or Arisen From Moisture - Samsedaja Patisandhi
Some sentient beings take rebirths in places where the fetus could cling. Larvae hatch and grow
up in decaying organic matter. Queen Padumavati was conceived in a lotus blossom and Queen
Veluvati in the hollow of bamboo plant. Cincamana who slandered the Buddha took rebirth in a
tamarind tree. Most insects belong to this type of birth.
9.3. Oviparous - Egg Born – (Andhaja Patisandhi)
Beings that are hatched out of eggs such as birds and fishes belong to this type of rebirth. In the
Jatakas we read about some human males marrying female nagas bearing forth-human offspring
by means of egg.
9.4. Born From A Womb Or Viviparous - Jalabuja Patisandhi
This class of birth includes humans and other mammals. They all are born from the wombs of
their mothers. Inferior Devas such as Bhuma Devas and Rukkha Devas sometimes take worm
born..
9.5 The Three Causes Of Birth - Patisandhi
Living beings born out of spontaneous birth and moisture birth have no parents at all.
They are born only out of the power of their own kamma.
The three necessary conditions for conception are
(a) the mother-to-be must had menstruation just recently,
(b) there must be sexual union and
(c) the child-to-be must have died in his previous existence.
Pregnancy usually takes place within seven or fifteen days of sexual union between parents.
9.6 Some Strange Cases
Although there is no sexual union between parents, there can be pregnancy in some strange
cases. The Bodhisattva Suvannasama takes patisandhi in his mother's womb when his father
caressed her navel with his palm just after her menstruation. The mother of King Chandhapajjota
felt sensual pleasure when a centipede crept across her belly just after menstruation and later she
was pregnant. A pond heron or bittern, feeling pleasure from southern breeze at the beginning of
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