法苑珠林 63.82

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如長阿含經云。有何因緣世間有五種子。有大亂風從不敗世界吹種子來生此國。一者根子。二者莖子。三者節子。四者虛中子。五者子子。是為世間有五種子出。

As the Dīrghāgama states: What is the cause and condition for there being five kinds of seeds in the world? There is a great turbulent wind that blows seeds from indestructible worlds to be born in this land. The first is root-seeds; the second is stem-seeds; the third is joint-seeds; the fourth is hollow-stem seeds; the fifth is seed-seeds. These are the five kinds of seeds that arise in the world.