四し生しょう

noun

the four ways of birth

Buddhist term referring to the four modes of birth: from a womb, from an egg, from moisture, and spontaneous generation. Also known by the Sanskrit term catur-yoni.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、四し生しょうは胎たい生しょう・卵らん生しょう・湿しっ生しょう・化け生しょうを指さす。

  In Buddhism, the four ways of birth refer to womb-born, egg-born, moisture-born, and spontaneously born.