Pāli Dictionary

kāya

cirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ci5gather; accumulate

Literal

accumulation

Synonyms

nikāya, saṅgha, vagga, gaṇa, gāma, khandha, saṅghāta, pakkha,

general

  • body; the physical body (also as the organ of touch and the agent of bodily action)

  • MN 10

    kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā

  • DN 1

    yāv'assa kāyo ṭhassati tāva naṃ dakkhanti devamanussā kāyassa bhedā uddhaṃ jīvitapariyādānā na naṃ dakkhanti devamanussā'ti

  • DN 22

    sabbakāyapaṭisaṃvedī assasissāmī'ti sikkhati, sabbakāyapaṭisaṃvedī passasissāmī'ti sikkhati. passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmī'ti sikkhati, passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ passasissāmī'ti sikkhati

  • group; multitude; collection; class (of beings or things)

  • DN 18

    dibbā vata bho kāyā paripūrenti, hāyanti asurakāyā

  • SN 12.2

    katamā ca, bhikkhave, taṇhā? cha'y'ime, bhikkhave, taṇhākāyā, rūpataṇhā, saddataṇhā, gandhataṇhā, rasataṇhā, phoṭṭhabbataṇhā, dhammataṇhā. ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, taṇhā.

  • MN 49

    atthi kho, brahme, subhakiṇho nāma kāyo, vehapphalo nāma kāyo, abhibhū nāma kāyo, taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tam'ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi.

mind

  • the mental body (nāma-kāya, paired with rūpa-kāya); the group of mental factors; the “body” with which formless attainments are touched

  • MN 70

    te kāyena phusitvā viharati

kaya

approximate

kīrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kī5buy

general

  • buying; purchasing; purchase (price)

  • MN 112

    dūteyya-pahiṇagaman'ānuyogā paṭivirato ahosiṃ, kayavikkayā paṭivirato ahosiṃ, tulākūṭakaṃsakūṭamānakūṭā paṭivirato ahosiṃ, ukkoṭana-vañcana-nikati-sāciyogā paṭivirato ahosiṃ

ka1

via inflected form kāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

pronoun

Synonyms

katama

general

  • who? what? which? (interrogative pronoun and adjective)

ki

via inflected form kāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

pronoun

Synonyms

katama

general

  • interrogative pronoun base (alternative base of ‘ka’); who?; what?; which?

  • MN 7

    kiṃ sundarikā karissati, kiṃ payāgo kiṃ bāhukā nadī, veriṃ katakibbisaṃ naraṃ, na hi naṃ sodhaye pāpakamminaṃ.

  • Snp 4.16

    ky'āssa byappathayo assu, ky'āss'assu idha gocarā, kāni sīlabbatān'āssu, pahit'attassa bhikkhuno.

  • (as indeclinable) particle of comparison; like; as; similar to

ka2

udrootakasuffix

via inflected form kāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

udaka, uda, vāri, oka, toya, jala, odaka, daka,

general

  • water; also Brahma, body, wind, etc. (meanings assigned to the syllable ‘ka’ in traditional lexicons and grammatical literature)

kāyati

kāyastemtisuffix

via inflected form kāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

uddisati, gāyati, sajjhāyati, saṅgāyati, anugāyati

general

  • chants; recites

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