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kāyā

kāya

masc nom pl of kāya (noun); masc instr sg of kāya (noun); masc abl sg of kāya (noun); masc voc sg of kāya (noun); …

1. body; physical body; physical process; lit. accumulation
2. group; host; company; collection; multitude; mass; lit. accumulation
3. process; collection; lit. accumulation
4. category; class; group (of); lit. accumulation
5. physical existence; material existence; lit. accumulation
6. group of beings; class of beings; state of existence; lit. accumulation
7. mass; heap; bulk; body; lit. accumulation
8. with a body; having (a certain kind of) body; -bodied; lit. accumulation
9. …

Etymology. √ci > ki > kay + *a; from √ci 'gather, accumulate'; Sanskrit kāya [ci]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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