trikaya

noun

tri·​kaya

trə̇ˈkī(y)ə,

-käyə

plural -s

: a Mahayana Buddhist doctrine of the three bodies of the Buddha see dharmakaya, nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit trikāya three bodies, from tri three + kāya body, mass (akin to Sanskrit cinoti he heaps up)

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