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one, and consequently the jhàna-planes are named according to
this method.
In the Bhåmi Chart (i.e. Chart No. 5.1 attached at the back
of this book), the rebirth-consciousness is described according
to the five råpàvacara-jhàna method whereas the Råpa-planes
are described according to the four råpàvacara-jhàna method.
The two methods of counting råpàvacara jhànas, together
with the names of the råpa-planes, are illustrated in Table 5.1.
TABLE 5.1
Dual Method of Counting Råpàvacara Jhànas
Jhàna factor Five-jhàna Four-jhàna Name of Råpamethod
method plane
tak, ca, pi, su
ekaggata first jhàna first jhàna first jhàna
ca, pi, su, ek second jhàna — —
pi, su, ek third jhàna second jhàna second jhàna
su, ek fourth jhàna third jhàna third jhàna
up, ek fifth jhàna fourth jhàna fourth jhàna
Four Modes of Conceiving
1 Andaja-pañisandhi – conceiving in egg shell
2 Jalàbuja-pañisandhi – conceiving in the womb
3 Samsedaja-pañisandhi – conceiving in the hollow or a treetrunk,
in a fruit, in a flower, in marsh, in stagnant water,
in corpses and carcasses, etc., like flies and mosquitoes.
4 Opapàtika-pañisandhi – rebirth in the form of a fully