adjective · opapātika 1 · opapātika 2
Opapātika (adjective) [from upapatti; the BHS form is a curious distortion of the Pāli form, viz. aupapāduka Avś II 89; Divy 300, 627, 649] — arisen or reborn without visible cause (i.e. without parents), spontaneous rebirth ( PtsC. 2832), apparitional rebirth ( Cpd. 1654, {150} q.v.) D I 27, 55, 156; III 132, 230 (°yoni), 265; M I 34, 73, 287, 401 f., 436 sq, 465 f.; II 52; III 22, 80, 247; S III 206, 240 f., 246 f.; IV 348; V 346, 357 f., 406; A I 232, 245, 269; II 5, 89, 186; IV 12, 226, 399, 423 f.; V 265 f., 286 f., 343 f.; Pp 16, 62, 63; Vibh 412 f.; Miln 267; Vism 552 f., 559; Sv I 165, 313. The commentary on M I 34 explains by "sesa-yoni-paṭikkhepa-vacanaṃ etaṃ". See also Pp-a 198.
arising spontaneously; (one) being reborn without parents
(adj, adj, from upapāta) spontaneously reborn; spontaneously generated arisen without visible cause, born spontaneously Construction: upa > opa + √pat > pāt + *a + *ika upapāta + *ika
(masc, masc, from upapāta) spontaneously reborn being Construction: upa > opa + √pat > pāt + *a + *ika upapāta + *ika