Viyahapannatti 7.5.353

7.5.353

rāyagihe jāva evaṃ vayāsī–khahayarapaṃciṃdiyatirikkhajoṇiyāṇaṃ bhaṃte! kativihe joṇīsaṃgahe pannatte?
goyamā! tivihe joṇīsaṃgahe pannatte, taṃ jahā–aṃḍayā, poyayā, saṃmucchimā| evaṃ jahā jīvābhigame jāva no ceva ṇaṃ te vimāne vītīvaejjā, emahālayā ṇaṃ goyamā! te vimānā pannattā|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

In Rājagṛha, up to, he said thus: “How many kinds of origin-class (yoni-saṅgraha) are declared, Venerable Sir, for five-sensed sub-human animals that move in the sky?”
“Gautama! Origin-class is declared to be of three kinds, namely: egg-born, live-born, and spontaneously-generated. In this way, as in the Jīvājīvābhigama, up to: they could not by any means cross past those celestial abodes (vimānas)—so vast, Gautama, are those celestial abodes declared to be.”
“That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!”