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The '''four modes of birth''' (Tib. སྐྱེ་གནས་བཞི་, ''kyené shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''skye gnas bzhi'') — according to tantric theory, all forms of birth fall into one of four categories: 
#womb birth (for humans and certain classes of [[animals]] and [[preta]]s);
#egg birth (for certain animals);
#spontaneous generation from warmth and moisture or heat-moisture birth (for certain “inferior” types of animals), and
#miraculous birth or manifestation (for all [[gods]], [[hell beings]], and beings in the [[Bardo|intermediate state]], as well as certain classes of preta and humans such as [[bodhisattva]] emanations).

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