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The different types of supaṇṇas (aka garudas). |
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Sāvatthinidānaṃ.
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The (sutta) opening at Sāvatthī.{n}
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Catasso imā, bhikkhave, supaṇṇayoniyo. Katamā catasso? Aṇḍajā supaṇṇā, jalābujā supaṇṇā, saṃsedajā supaṇṇā, opapātikā supaṇṇā. Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso supaṇṇayoniyo ti.
| There are, bhikkhus, four types of supaṇṇas according to their mode of arising. Which four? Oviparous supaṇṇas, viviparous supaṇṇas, supaṇṇas born in humidity, spontaneously arisen supaṇṇas. These, bhikkhus, are the four types of supaṇṇas according to their mode of arising. |
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