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kāyabhāvanā

fem nom sg of kāyabhāvanā (noun); fem nom pl of kāyabhāvanā (noun); fem acc pl of kāyabhāvanā (noun); fem instr sg of kāyabhāvanā (noun); …

1. self-mortification; physical torture; painful ascetic practices; lit. development of the body
2. development of the body; physical cultivation; (comm) insight

Etymology. kāya + bhāvanā; Sanskrit kāya + bhāvanā

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

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