# सम्भोगकाय (sambhogakāya)

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सम्भोगकाय (sambhogakāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning body of enjoyment, name of one of the three bodies of a Buddha.

- **SLP1:** `samBogakAya`  **IAST:** sambhogakāya  **Devanagari:** सम्भोगकाय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83bhogak%C4%81ya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sambhogakaya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- body of enjoyment, name of one of the three bodies of a Buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1178,3] 2. सम् - भोग (sam-bhoga) — काय (—kāya) m. ‘body of enjoyment’, N. of one of the three bodies of a Buddha, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 247 [ ID=236928 ]

## Sources

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

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