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opapātiko

opapātika

masc nom sg of opapātika (adj); masc nom sg of opapātika (noun)

  1. spontaneously reborn; spontaneously generated
  2. spontaneously reborn being

Etymology. upa > opa + √pat > pāt + *a + *ika; from √pat 'fall'; Sanskrit aupapāduka (bsk) [upapat]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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