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kāyassa

kāya

masc dat sg of kāya (noun); masc gen sg of kāya (noun); masc dat sg of kāya (adj); nt dat sg of kāya (adj); …

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. From PIE *kʰay- 'to lie, settle' (cognate with Latin cavus 'hollow', Greek kheîos 'empty'). The primary sense is 'accumulation' (things that settle or collect together), whence 'body' as an accumulation of physical elements and 'group' as a collection of individuals. Sanskrit kāya, Vedic kíṃ 'what' (from the same root treating the accumulated mass as material substance).

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

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