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four modes of birth

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四生

caturyoni in Sanskrit. Four modes entering the course of transmigration, namely,

Birth from womb (胎生), or uterus as mammals.
Birth from egg (卵生), as birds.
Birth from moisture (濕生), as fish and insects.
Birth by transformation (化生), as Bodhisattvas, deities, beings in Sukhāvatī.

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