[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 3.73 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 3.73 俱舍論頌疏論本 3.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3.73) 化生六七八者，化生初位得六、七、八根。言得六根者，眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、命，謂劫初時無形化生，故有六根。得七根者，如諸天等，六根如上，加男、女一。得八根者，謂惡趣中容有二形化生者是也，六根如上，加男、女二根。 > 'Apparitionally born, six, seven, or eight': at the initial moment of apparitional birth, one obtains six, seven, or eight faculties. 'Obtaining six faculties' refers to eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and life; this refers to sexless apparitional birth at the beginning of the eon, hence there are six faculties. 'Obtaining seven faculties' refers to heavenly beings and the like: with the six faculties as above, one \[either male or female\] is added. 'Obtaining eight faculties' refers to cases where there can be hermaphroditic apparitional birth in the wretched destinies: with the six faculties as above, both the male and female faculties are added. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3.72) - [Next: 3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3.74) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.3.73) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.3.73) · Pramāṇa