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jmdict 2846977 Active (id: 2084401)
四生
ししょう
1. [n] {Buddhism}
▶ the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously)
▶ catur-yoni
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2846885 六道四生【ろくどうししょう】 1. four kinds of birth in the six destinies
  ⇐ see: 1187200 化生【けしょう】 1. spontaneous birth



History:
6. A 2020-10-16 22:28:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I guess so.
5. A* 2020-10-15 23:54:46  Opencooper
  Refs:
* DDB
* A Dictionary of Buddhism (https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095555697)
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>catur-yoni</gloss>
4. A 2020-10-14 23:29:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture, or spontaneously)</gloss>
+<gloss>the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously)</gloss>
3. A* 2020-10-10 03:59:17  Opencooper
  Refs:
daijs
  Comments:
The kokugos actually have separate entries for the four in a Buddhist context, with 「-生」 read as 「しょう」. 
The meanings seem to be mostly the same, but with 「湿生」 related to moisture and 「化生」 as more of a 
spontaneous birth (same as gg5).

Also, while the glosses are mostly how gg5 and DDB approach them, scientific terms are strange fits for 
religious classifications (the fourth one especially is supernatural). "Hydrarch" is an obscure term that 
seems to do with ecological succession. Here's how I would do it, but I don't mind ceding to gg5 if you feel 
it's better.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>the four ways of giving birth (viviparity, oviparity, hydrarch and metamorphosis)</gloss>
+<gloss>the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture, or spontaneously)</gloss>
2. A 2020-10-09 11:01:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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