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Trikaya

Trikaya proper noun: a fundamental doctrine within Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that delineates the multidimensional nature of a Buddha's existence in three distinct bodies or aspects.

Proper noun

Trikaya

  1. A fundamental doctrine within Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that delineates the multidimensional nature of a Buddha's existence in three distinct bodies or aspects.

Questions about Trikaya

What does Trikaya mean?
Trikaya means a fundamental doctrine within Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that delineates the multidimensional nature of a Buddha's existence in three distinct bodies or aspects.
What part of speech is Trikaya?
Trikaya is a proper noun.

Words near Trikaya in the dictionary

  1. trijunctions
  2. Trikala
  3. trikalsilite
  4. trikaryotic
  5. trikatu
  6. Trikaya
  7. trike
  8. triked
  9. triker
  10. trikeria
  11. trikerion

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