lit. 'accidental' (from upapa^ta, accident; not from upapatti, as PTS Dict. has); 'spontaneously born', i.e. born without the instrumentality of parents. This applies to all heavenly and infernal beings. "After the disappearing of the 5 lower fetters (samyojana, q.v.), he (the Ana^ga^mi) appears in a spiritual world (opapa^tika) ...."
出自：南传佛教英文辞典
