धर्मकायdharmakāya

धर्मकाय (dharmakāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning law-body, a name of one of the 3 bodies of a Buddha, a Jaina saint, a name of Avalokiteshvara, of a god of the Bodhi tree, an epithet of Buddha. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Buddhist concept of Dharmakāya, Specific Buddhist Deities/Figures, A Jaina Saint.

Definitions: 6

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Meanings by context

The Buddhist concept of Dharmakāya

3 definitions

law-body, a name of one of the 3 bodies of a Buddha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a Buddha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Buddha

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Buddhist Deities/Figures

2 definitions

a name of Avalokiteshvara

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a god of the Bodhi tree

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Jaina Saint

1 definition

a Jaina saint

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.