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dharmakaya

dharmakaya noun: one of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, constituting the unmanifested, "inconceivable" aspect of a Buddha out of which Buddhas arise and to which they return after their dissolution.

Noun

dharmakaya (plural dharmakayas)

  1. One of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, constituting the unmanifested, "inconceivable" aspect of a Buddha out of which Buddhas arise and to which they return after their dissolution.

Forms of dharmakaya

pluraldharmakayas

Questions about dharmakaya

What does dharmakaya mean?
Dharmakaya means one of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, constituting the unmanifested, "inconceivable" aspect of a Buddha out of which Buddhas arise and to which they return after their dissolution.
What part of speech is dharmakaya?
Dharmakaya is a noun.
What is the plural of dharmakaya?
The plural of dharmakaya is dharmakayas.

Words near dharmakaya in the dictionary

  1. Dharma dolls
  2. dharma talk
  3. dharma talks
  4. dharmachakra
  5. dharmachakras
  6. dharmakaya
  7. dharmakayas
  8. dharmapala
  9. dharmapalas
  10. Dharmapuri
  11. Dharmaraja

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