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kāyena
kāya
masc instr sg of kāya (noun); masc instr sg of kāya (adj); nt instr sg of kāya (adj)
- body; physical body; physical process; lit. accumulation
- group; host; company; collection; multitude; mass; lit. accumulation
- process; collection; lit. accumulation
- category; class; group (of); lit. accumulation
- physical existence; material existence; lit. accumulation
- group of beings; class of beings; state of existence; lit. accumulation
- mass; heap; bulk; body; lit. accumulation
- with a body; having (a certain kind of) body; -bodied; lit. accumulation
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- kāya — root · body, accumulation
From √kṛ 'do, make'; the concrete sense is 'what is built up' or 'what accumulates', hence both the physical body as an accumulation of matter, and any group or collection. The -ya suffix (originally past participle) marks 'that which is done'.
- -ena — ending · instrumental singular
The instrumental case marker -ena indicates the means or instrument by which an action is performed, here 'by means of the body' or 'in/with the body'.
Etymology. From √kṛ 'do, make' (Sanskrit karoti, English 'craft'); literally 'that which is done' or 'accumulation'. The root sense of gathering or piling up persists in meanings ranging from 'physical body' (matter accumulated) to 'group' (beings gathered together). Cognate with Sanskrit kāya, Latin creo 'create', English 'creation'.