Gabbhaseyya, Gabbhaseyyā, Gabbha-seyya: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

gabbhaseyyā : (f.) conception in a womb.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gabbhaseyyā refers to: (f.) the womb; only in expressions relating to reincarnation, as: na punar eti (or upeti) gabbhaseyyaṃ “he does not go into another womb, ” of an Arahant Sn.29, 152, 535; Vv 5324; and gabbhaseyyaka (adj.) one who enters another womb Vbh.413 sq.; Vism.272, 559, 560; Bdhd 77, 78. (Page 244)

Note: gabbhaseyyā is a Pali compound consisting of the words gabbha and seyyā.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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