# धर्मकाय (dharmakāya)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `DarmakAya`  **IAST:** dharmakāya  **Devanagari:** धर्मकाय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmak%C4%81ya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dharmakaya/declensions.md

## 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)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 510,3] धर्म (dharma) — काय (—kāya) m. ‘law-body’, N. of one of the 3 bodies of a Buddha, Vajracchedikā (Title); Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 246 [ ID=99944 ]
- a Buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ‘having the l° for body’, a Buddha, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=99945 ]
- an epithet of Buddha  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > धर्मकाय (dharmakāya) [Printed book page 354-21 ] धर्म - काय (dharma-kāya) m. an epithet of Buddha. [ ID=18250 ]

### Specific Buddhist Deities/Figures (2 definitions)
- a name of Avalokiteshvara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Avalokiteśvara, Buddhist literature (Literary category) [ ID=99947 ]
- of a god of the Bodhi tree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a god of the Bodhi tree, Lalita-vistara (Title) [ ID=99948 ]

### A Jaina Saint (1 definition)
- a Jaina saint  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Jaina saint, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=99946 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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