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yatana-pañisandhi, n’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana-pañisandhi
and 4 kàma-tihetuka pañisandhis are possible.
After the death in N’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana-plane,
n’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana-pañisandhi and 4 kàma-tihetuka
pañisandhis are possible.
2 When a brahma in a råpa-plane (except Asa¤¤àsatta and
Suddhàvàsas) dies, he may be reborn in any plane except
the four apàya-abodes depending on his kamma. Also
he will not be reborn either as a degraded human being
or a degraded asura. In other words, 4 kàma-dvihetukapañisandhis,
4 kàma-tihetuka-pañisandhis, 6 råpàvacara
pañisandhis and 4 aråpàvacara pañisandhis with the exception
of 2 ahetuka-pañisandhis are possible.
When Asa¤¤àsatta brahma dies, he will be reborn
in the sense-sphere either as a human or as a deva. Thus
4 kàma-dvihetuka pañisandhis and 4 kàma-tihetuka
pañisandhis are possible.
3 Now, when a human being or a deva from the sensesphere
dies, he may be reborn in any plane if he is a
tihetuka-person, because he can develop jhànas to be
reborn as a brahma or he may commit immoral actions
to be cast into the apàya abodes.
When a human being or a deva or dvihetuka person
dies, any one of the 10 kàma-pañisandhis is possible.
4 When ahetuka-persons in the human realm as well as
in the lower catumahàràjika realm die, all 10 kàmapañisandhis
are possible.