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## 387
**G1.**
**Parýápti-Adhikár 12.** Further, the text describes the nature of the yonis. The one-sense beings (ekendriya) are born in the closed (samvruta) yoni, the gods (deva) are born in the open (vivruta) yoni, the two-sense beings (doindriya) to the four-sense beings (chavindriya) are born in the open yoni, and the womb-born (garbhaja) are born in both closed and open yonis.
**1099**
Ekaindriya nárka samvṛtayonyo bhavanti devāś ca | Vikalendriyaś ca vivṛtāḥ samvṛtavivṛtāś ca garbheṣu || 1099 ||
**Meaning:** There are nine types of yonis, or places of birth, based on the distinctions of having a mind (saccitta), being cold (śīta), being closed (samvṛta), not having a mind (acitta), being hot (uṣṇa), being open (vivṛta), and having a mind and not having a mind (saccittācitta), being cold and hot (śītoṣṇa), being closed and open (samvṛtavivṛta). The one-sense beings (ekendriya) and the hell beings (nárka) are born in the closed (samvṛta) yoni, the two-sense beings (doindriya) to the four-sense beings (chavindriya) are born in the open yoni, and the womb-born (garbhaja) are born in both closed and open yonis.
**1100**
Acittā khalu yonīḥ nārkaṇāṁ ca bhavati devānām | Miśrāś ca garbhajannmāḥ trividhā yonistu śeṣāṇām || 1100 ||
**Meaning:** The hell beings (nárka) and the gods (devā) are born in the acitta yoni, the womb-born (garbhaja) are born in the mixed (miśra) yoni, and the remaining beings (śeṣāṇām) are born in all three types of yonis.
**1101**
Śītoṣṇā khalu yonīḥ nārkaṇāṁ tathaiva devānām | Tejasāṁ uṣṇayoniḥ trividhā yonistu śeṣāṇām || 1101 ||
**Meaning:** The hell beings (nárka) and the gods (devā) are born in the cold and hot (śītoṣṇa) yoni, the fiery beings (tejasāṁ) are born in the hot (uṣṇayoni) yoni, and the remaining beings (śeṣāṇām) are born in all three types of yonis.