Jati (Buddhism)

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In Buddhism, Jāti (the Sanskrit and Pāli word for "birth") refers to the arising of a new living entity in saṃsāra.

Synonyms:

• 生 Cn: shēng; Jp: shō; Vi: sinh
• Tibetan: skyed.ba

Birth may take many forms. In traditional Buddhist thought, there are four kinds of birth:

• birth from an egg (aṇḍaja) – like a bird, fish, or reptile;
• birth from a womb (jalābuja) – like most mammals and some worldly devas;
• birth from moisture (saṃsedaja) – probably referring to the appearance of animals whose eggs are microscopic, like maggots appearing in rotting flesh;
• birth by transformation (opapatika) – miraculous materialization, as with most devas.

Jāti is the eleventh of the Twelve Nidānas, is conditioned by becoming (bhava), and is the condition for the arising of old age and death jarāmaraṇa in a living being. That is, once a being is born, it will necessarily grow old and eventually die.

Preceded by Bhava

Twelve Nidānas Jāti

Succeeded by Jarāmaraṇa