Opapatika, Opapātika: 3 definitions

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Opapatika means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

lit. 'accidental' (from upapāta, accident; not from upapatti, as PTS Dict. has); 'spontaneously born', i.e. born without the instrumentality of parents.

This applies to all heavenly and infernal beings. "After the disappearing of the 5 lower fetters (samyojana, q.v.), he (the Anāgāmi) appears in a spiritual world (opapātika) ...."

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

opapātika : (adj.) arisen without visible cause; born spontaneously.

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

Opapātika, (adj.) (fr. upapatti; the BSk. form is a curious distortion of the P. form, viz. aupapāduka Av. Ś II. 89; Divy 300, 627, 649) arisen or reborn without visible cause (i.e. without parents), spontaneous rebirth (Kvu trsl. 2832), apparitional rebirth (Cpd. 1654, q. v.) D. I, 27, 55, 156; III, 132, 230 (°yoni), 265; M. I, 34, 73, 287, 401 sq. , 436 sq, 465 sq.; II, 52; III, 22, 80, 247; S. III, 206, 240 sq. , 246 sq.; IV, 348; V, 346, 357 sq. , 406; A. I, 232, 245, 269; II, 5, 89, 186; IV, 12, 226, 399, 423 sq.; V, 265 sq. , 286 sq. , 343 sq.; Pug. 16, 62, 63; Vbh. 412 sq.; Miln. 267; Vism. 552 sq. , 559; DA. I, 165, 313. The C. on M. I, 34 explns. by “sesa-yoni-paṭikkhepa-vacanaṃ etaṃ”. See also Pug. A 1, § 40. (Page 168)

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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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