Upapatika, Upapātika: 4 definitions

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Upapatika 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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Upapātika, (adj.) (fr. upapāta but evidently mixed with uppāda1 and uppāda2, cp. upapajjati, upapatti & BSk. upapāduka Av. S. II, 94, 95; Divy 523) = opapātika i.e. rebirth without parents, as a deva DA. on D. III, 107; ThA. 207. (Page 144)

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

upapātika (ဥပပါတိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[upapāta+ika]
[ဥပပါတ+ဣက]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

upapātika—

(Burmese text): ဥပပါတ်ပဋိသန္ဓေနေသော သတ္တဝါ၊ ပဋိသန္ဓေခဏ၌ပင် ပြည့်စုံသော ခန္ဓာကိုယ်ဖြင့် ဘဝသစ်၌ အထင်အရှား (ဘွားကနဲ) ဖြစ်သော သတ္တဝါ။

(Auto-Translation): The creature that is fully evolved and has a complete body during the evolutionary stage is a prominent being in a new life (according to evolutionary theory).

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

Upapātika (in Pali) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 化生 [huà shēng]: “born miraculously”.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Pali-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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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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