Buddha Abhidhamma - Ultimate Science - BuddhaNet

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grown-up person about 16 years of age as if jumping
out of no where.
Note:
Andaja-pañisandhi and jalàbuja-pañisandhi are also collectively
known as gabbhaseyaka-pañisandhi.
Applications
1 Woeful persons in niraya are born by the way of
opapàtika-pañisandhi only.
2 Petas and asuras are born by either jalàbuja-pañisandhi
or opapàtika-pañisandhi.
3 Animals are born by all the four modes of conceiving.
4 Human beings are first born by opapàtika-pañisandhi at
the beginning of the world, and later by either jalàbujapañisandhi
or samsedaja-pañisandhi.
5 Earth-bound devas are born by either jalàbuja-pañisandhi
or opapàtika-pañisandhi.
6 Celestial devas and brahmas are born by opapàtikapañisandhi
only.
Life-spans of Beings
1 Woeful persons in the four apàya abodes do not have
fixed life-spans. They suffer in woeful states in
accordance with their kammas. Their age-limit differs
according to their evil deeds. Some are short-lived and
some are long-lived.
During the Buddha’s time the monk Tissa, on
expiring, became a flea for seven days in the new robe,
which was offered to him by his sister and which he
was attached to at the time of expiring.