# निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nirmanakaya

निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning the body of transformations.

- **SLP1:** `nirmARakAya`  **IAST:** nirmāṇakāya  **Devanagari:** निर्माणकाय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirm%C4%81%E1%B9%87ak%C4%81ya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nirmanakaya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- the body of transformations  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H4) [Printed book page 556,2] निर् - (nir-) ° माण — काय (°māṇa—kāya) m. the body of transformations, Buddhist literature (Literary category); Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 247 [ ID=109781 ]

## Sources

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

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