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जाति

Jāti

Birth / Arising into existence

intermediateDependent Origination — 12 Nidānas (十二因緣)

Grammar 語法

feminine noun (i-stem): from jāyati (to be born)

Definition 釋義

The eleventh link of Dependent Origination — birth, conditioned by becoming (bhava). Jāti means not only literal birth into a new life but the arising of any new existential state or, in the deepest sense, the arising of identification: 'I am' consciousness arising in any moment. The Arahant declaration — 'Khīṇā jāti' (destroyed is birth) — signals the end of the entire process of Dependent Origination. Jāti conditions jarā-maraṇa (aging and death), the final link.

Canonical Example 典籍例句

Bhavapaccayā jāti; jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ.

With becoming as condition, birth [arises]; with birth as condition, aging-and-death [arises].

Source: SN 12.1