upapādukāḥ
四生之一。謂依托無所,忽然而生者。如諸天,諸地獄,及劫初之人是也。俱舍論八曰:「有情類,生無所托,是名化生。如那落迦天中有等,具根無缺,支分頓生,無而欻有,故名為化。」大乘義章八本曰:「言化生者,如諸天等,無所依托,無而忽起,名曰化生。若無依托,云何得生?如地論釋,依業故生。」
aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.
一化生 梵語 upapāduka,巴利語 upapātika。本無而忽生之意。即無所依托,借業力而出現者。五趣之中,地獄、天及一切中有均唯屬化生,人、傍生、鬼等三趣則有一部分為化生,如劫初之人為化生,龍、金翅鳥為傍生之化生者,鬼通胎、化二種,故五趣中以化生為最多。凡化生者,不缺諸根支分,死亦不留其遺形,即所謂頓生而頓滅,故於四生中亦最勝。據俱舍論卷九載,化生者,皆以愛染當生處而受其生。又依經中所載,生於淨土者亦多為化生。〔放光般若經卷十三夢中行品、無量壽經卷下(康僧鎧譯)、俱舍論卷八、往生論〕(參閱「四生」2184)p1718
化生總目錄 四生之一。謂依托無所,忽然而生者。如諸天,諸地獄,及劫初之人是也。《俱舍論》卷八曰:「有情類,生無所托,是名化生。如那落迦天中有等,具根無缺,支分頓生,無而欻有,故名為化。」《大乘義章》卷八曰:「言化生者,如諸天等,無所依托,無而忽起,名曰化生。若無依托,云何得生?如地論釋,依業故生。」
梵: upapādukāḥ 滿: kūbulime banjire 蒙: khubilju törökhü
如四生中說。 二解 俱舍論八卷十一頁云:云何化生?謂有情類,生無所託,是名化生。如那落迦天中有等,具根無缺支分頓生。無而欻有,故名為化。 三解 集異門論九卷六頁云:云何化生?答:若諸有情、支分具足,根不缺減,無所依託,欻爾而生。此復云何?謂一切天,一切地獄,一切中有,及一分龍,一分妙翅,一分鬼,一分人。復有所餘諸有情類,支分具足,根不缺減,無所依託,欻爾生者;皆名化生。
1.四生之一,即變化而生,如諸天,地獄,及劫初的人類都是化生的。2.指人死後的中陰身,又名中有,它是化生的。