Jati

From Buddhist Encyclopedia

• Chinese :  生 shēng
• Japanese :  shō
• Pali :  jāti
• Sanskrit :  jāti
• Tibetan :  skyed.ba
• Vietnamese :  sinh

Jati refers to the arising of a new living entity in samsara.

Birth may take many forms. There are four kinds of births :

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

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