feminine · abhijāti 1 · abhijāti 2
species
Abhijāti (feminine) [abhi + jāti1. Species. Only as technical term in use by certain non-Buddhist teachers. They divided mankind into six species, each named after a colour D I 53, 54; A III 383 ff. (quoted Sv I 162) gives details of each species. Two of them, the black and the white, are interpreted in a Buddhist sense at D III 250, M II 222, and Netti 158. This interpretation (but not the theory of the six species) has been widely adopted by subsequent Hindu writers.2. Rebirth, descent, Miln 226.
class of birth, nature; class of being
【陰】 1. 再生，降落。2. 種類。
(fem, fem, abstr, from abhijāyati) species; class; category of beings species [lit.] high birth Construction: abhi + √jan + ti
(fem, fem, abstr, from abhijāyati) birth; class; social class; race rebirth, descent Construction: abhi + √jan + ti