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kāyopi
ka
masculine nominative singular + enclitic particle; often 'even', 'also', 'however' in context
- ka (pron): who?; what?; which?
- ka (pron): where?
- kāya (masc): body; physical body; physical process; lit. accumulation
- kāya (masc): group; host; company; collection; multitude; mass; lit. accumulation
- kāya (masc): process; collection; lit. accumulation
- kāya (masc): category; class; group (of); lit. accumulation
- kāya (masc): physical existence; material existence; lit. accumulation
- kāya (masc): group of beings; class of beings; state of existence; lit. accumulation
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Built from
- kāy- — root · accumulate, heap
From √kī 'to heap'; the sense 'body' arises from the body as an accumulation of physical form and the four elements. Cognate with Sanskrit kaya.
- -a — ending · masculine nominative singular
Marks the nominative case of masculine stems ending in -a.
- api — prefix · even, also, just; enclitic emphatic
Originally means 'away, off' (cognate with English off, Latin ab-), but as an enclitic particle it serves as an emphatic or concessive marker, often best rendered 'even' or 'just' in English.
Analysis. kāyo (nominative singular of kāya, 'body') + api (enclitic 'even, also, just'). The combination means 'the body itself' or 'even the body', emphasizing the referent; used in doctrinal contexts to stress that even the body (as opposed to mind or other factors) exhibits impermanence or non-self.
Etymology. kāya from √kī 'heap, accumulate' (Sanskrit kaya, also cognate with Latin caedēs 'heap'); api from Proto-Indo-European *apo 'off, away' (English off, ape-), here used as an emphatic/concessive particle meaning 'even' or 'just'.