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kāye

kāya

masc acc pl of kāya (noun); masc loc sg of kāya (noun); masc acc pl of kāya (adj); nt acc pl of kāya (adj); …

1. kāya (masc): body; physical body; physical process; lit. accumulation
2. kāya (masc): group; host; company; collection; multitude; mass; lit. accumulation
3. kāya (masc): process; collection; lit. accumulation
4. kāya (masc): category; class; group (of); lit. accumulation
5. kāya (masc): physical existence; material existence; lit. accumulation
6. kāya (masc): group of beings; class of beings; state of existence; lit. accumulation
7. kāya (masc): mass; heap; bulk; body; lit. accumulation
8. kāyati (pr): chants; recites
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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