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by Sunrise » Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:21 am
mikenz66 wrote:My understanding is that in those cases where "womb" is added is where there is a "descent" talked about
Btw. the pali word has the meaning of "to grow or to develop" not necessarily descent:
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... :4371.paliDescent would mean something is landing on a womb. However growing is something that an fetus does

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