kāya

See also: kaya and Kaya

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • काय (Devanagari script)
  • কায (Bengali script)
  • කාය (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာယ (Burmese script)
  • กาย (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • កាយ (Khmer script)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit काय (kāya).

Noun

kāya m

  1. group, collection
  2. body
    Synonyms: deha, sarīra
Declension
Declension table of "kāya" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kāyokāyā
Accusative (second)kāyaṃkāye
Instrumental (third)kāyenakāyehi or kāyebhi
Dative (fourth)kāyassa or kāyāya or kāyatthaṃkāyānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kāyasmā or kāyamhā or kāyākāyehi or kāyebhi
Genitive (sixth)kāyassakāyānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kāyasmiṃ or kāyamhi or kāyekāyesu
Vocative (calling)kāyakāyā
Derived terms
  • dhammakāya

References
  • kāya in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

kāya

  1. feminine instrumental, dative, ablative, genitive, and locative singular of ka
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