Jati is the
appearance of the body or the totality of the five skandhas [Footnote
ref 4]. Coming to bhava which determines jati, I cannot think of any
better rational explanation of bhava, than that I have already
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[Footnote 1: Warren's _Buddhism in Translations_, p. 182, _Milinda Panha_
(628).]
[Footnote 2: _Atthasalini_, p. 112...]
[Footnote 3: _Ibid._ p. 113, _Yatha hi rupadini upadaya pannatta
suriyadayo na atthato rupadihi anne honti ten' eva yasmin samaye
suriyo udeti tasmin samaye tassa teja-sa@nkhatam rupa@m piti eva@m
vuccamane pi na rupadihi anno suriyo nama atthi. Tatha cittam
phassadayo dhamme upadaya pannapiyati. Atthato pan' ettha tehi
annam eva. Tena yasmin samaye cittam uppanna@m hoti eka@msen eva
tasmin samaye phassadihi atthato annad eva hoti ti_.]
[Footnote 4: "_Jatirdehajanma pancaskandhasamudaya@h,_" Govindananda's
_Ratnaprabha_ on S'a@nkara's bha@sya, II. ii. 19.]
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suggested, namely, the works (_karma_) which produce the birth [Footnote
ref 1].
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