Trikaya, 罢谤颈办腻测补, Tri-kaya: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Trikaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渢riple body鈥�, according to the Am峁泃asiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Ha峁環ayoga textual tradition.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥mniscience, which brings about complete understanding of the triple body (迟谤颈办腻测补), should be known by the knowledgable to be the mark of he whose mind has been mastered鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渢hree bodies鈥�, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).鈥擨n the Mah膩y膩na, the Buddha became understood as has having "three bodies", the 迟谤颈办腻测补, which consists of the 诲丑补谤尘补办腻测补, "the reality body", the Buddha as the ultimate reality of emptiness, 蝉补尘产丑辞驳补办腻测补, "the enjoyment body", the Buddha as a divine mystical being, and 苍颈谤尘腻峁嘺办腻测补, "the transformation body", the Buddha in human form. The 蝉补尘产丑辞驳补办腻测补, is seen as the form of the Buddha which taught the Mah膩y膩na s奴tras. This celestial understanding of buddhahood lead to a burgeoning of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in divine form.
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渢riple body鈥�, according to the 10th-century 岣屇乲膩r峁嘺va-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擜ccordingly: [while explaining the body circle (办腻测补肠补办谤补)]: 鈥淸...] This way, the heroes in all circles are born of lineage of the Blessed One. Everything is [a manifestation of] the Emanation Body. [Every] Yogin墨 is cut out to be [a provider of] enlightenment. The Body Circle is thus [taught, which] has the nature of the Triple Body (迟谤颈办腻测补-膩tmaka), [which] is included in the Emanation [Layer], and is the third [circle]. The fourth [layer]. [...]鈥�.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
: Shambala Publications: General罢谤颈办腻测补 Skt., lit., 鈥渢hree bodies鈥�; refers to the three bodies possessed by a buddha according to the Mah膩y膩na view. The basis of this teaching is the conviction that a buddha is one with the absolute and manifests in the relative world in order to work for the welfare of all beings. The three bodies are:
1. Dharma办腻测补 (body of the great order); the true nature of the Buddha, which is identical with transcendental reality, the essence of the universe. The 诲丑补谤尘补办腻测补 is the unity of the Buddha with everything existing. At the same time it represents the 鈥渓aw鈥� (dharma), the teaching expounded by the Buddha.
2. Sambhoga办腻测补 (鈥渂ody of delight鈥�); the body of buddhas who in a 鈥渂uddha-paradise鈥� enjoy the truth that they embody.
3. Nirm膩na办腻测补 (鈥渂ody of transformation鈥�); the earthly body in which buddhas appear to men in order to fulfill the buddhas鈥� resolve to guide all beings to liberation.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�).鈥擭ame of Buddha.
Derivable forms: 迟谤颈办腻测补岣� (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶).
罢谤颈办腻测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and 办腻测补 (啶曕ぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�).鈥攎.
(-测补岣�) A name of Bud'dha, the founder of the Baud'dha sect. E. tri three, and 办腻测补 a body, the three-bodied.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�):鈥擺=tri-办腻测补] [from tri] m. 鈥榟aving 3 bodies鈥�, a Buddha, [Monier-Williams鈥� Buddhism 246.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary罢谤颈办腻测补 (啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶�):鈥擺tri-办腻测补] (测补岣�) 1. m. Buddha.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Trikayadhishthana, Trikayatmaka.
Full-text: Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Dharmakaya, Trikayadhishthana, Trikayatmaka, Mahayanasamparigrahashastra, Tulku, Trulku, Mahayana, Kaya.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 406 < [Volume 12 (1912)]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
4.1. Origin and Development of the Dharma办腻测补 < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the La峁卥膩vat膩ras奴tra]
4.2. Dharma办腻测补 in the La峁卥膩vat膩ra-s奴tra < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the La峁卥膩vat膩ras奴tra]
1. Early period (e): The Anuttar膩艣raya-s奴tra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tath膩gatagarbha Literature]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
6. The Tenets of Vajrayana in Hevajra Tantra < [Chapter 1 - Tantric Buddhism]
3.2. The Completion Stage < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
A. The teaching of the establishment of the kayas and wisdoms, by completing the path < [Chapter XIII - The Fruition, the Great Self-existence]
Part 4 - The instruction about defilement by mind-made meditation < [E. There is no realization by the words of doctrine]
Part 3a.3 - The conduct accompanying that < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
Advayavajra-samgraha (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri)
Part 1 - Introduction (to the Advayavajra-samgraha) < [Introduction]
The 6th Patriarch Platform Sutra (by A. F. Price)
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