The five Skandhas are founded on it; they are its effects or product. Moreover, in its turn, it is based on the five Skandhas. They are mutual things, one gives to the other.
(2) Jâti, lit. Birth.
That is to say, Birth according to one of the four modes of Chaturyoni (the four wombs), viz.:
(i) Through the womb, like Mammalia.
(ii) Through Eggs.
(iii) Ethereal or liquid Germs—fish spawn, pollen, insects, etc.
(iv) Anupâdaka—Nirmânakâyas, Gods, etc.
That is to say that birth takes place by one of these modes. You must be born in one of the six objective modes of existence, or in the seventh which is subjective. These four are within six modes of existence, viz.:
Exoterically:—
(i) Devas; (ii) Men; (iii) Asuras; (iv) Men in Hell; (v) Pretas, devouring demons on earth; (vi) animals.