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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कायkāyaयम् [yam], यम् [चीयतेऽस्मिन् अस्थ्यादिकमिति काय; चि-घञ् आदेः ककारः P.III.3.41. Sk.]
    1. यम् yam, यम् [चीयतेऽस्मिन् अस्थ्यादिकमिति काय; चि-घञ् आदेः ककारः ParasmaipadaIII.3.41. Sk.]
    2. The body; विभाति कायः करुणापराणां परोपकारैर्न तु चन्दनेन Bh.2.71; कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या Bg.5.11; so कायेन, वाचा, मनसा etc.
    3. The trunk of a tree.
    4. The body of a lute (the whole lute except the wires).
    5. A multitude, assemblage, collection.
    6. Principal, capital.
    7. Home, residence, habitation.
    8. A butt, a mark.
    9. Natural temperament.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यम् (with or without तीर्थ) The part of the hand just below the fingers, especially the little finger, or the last two fingers (this part being considered sacred to Prajāpati is called प्रजापतितीर्थ; Compare Ms.2.58-59).

    • -यः One of the eight forms of marriage, generally known as प्राजापत्य quod vide, which see; स कायः पावयेत्तज्जः Y.1.6; Ms.3.38.

    • -अग्निः the digestive faculty. मनः कायाग्निमाहन्ति Maitri. Up.7.11.

    • -क्लेशः bodily suffering or pain; कायक्ले- शभयात्त्येजत् Bg.18.8.

    • -उत्सर्गः a kind of religious austerity in Jainas.

    • -चिकित्सा the third of the eight departments of medical science, treatment of diseases affecting the whole body.

    • -दण्डः a complete command over one's body; वाग्दण्डोऽथ मनोदण्डः कायदण्डस्तथैव च । यस्यैते निहिता बुद्धौ त्रिदण्डीति स उच्यते ॥ Ms.12.1.

    • -मानम् measurement of the body.

    • -बन्धनम्

      1. girdle.
      2. the union of semen virile and blood.

    • -वलनम् an armour.

    • -स्थः

      1. the Supreme Being.
      2. the writer-caste (born from a क्षत्रिय father and a शूद्र mother). कायस्थेनोदरस्थेन मातु- र्मांसं न भक्षितम् । दयावृत्तिर्न चैवात्र दन्ताभावो हि कारणम् ॥ Subhāṣ.
      3. a man of that caste; कायस्थ इति लध्वी मात्रा Mu.1; Y.1.336; Mk.9.
      4. (स्था) a woman of that caste.
      5. the Myrobalan tree (Marâthî हिरडा). (-स्थी) the wife of a कायस्थ.

    • -स्थित Adjective corporeal, bodily.

    In the Gita5·1111·44

    कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।

    kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi, — Therefore the Yogins do works with the body, mind, understanding, or even merely with the organs of action, abandoning attachment, for… 5·11
    • कायेनkāyenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun kāya (body).
    • कायम्kāyamaccusative singular of the masculine noun kāya (body).
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  2. अकायakāyaa.. [नास्ति कायो यस्य] Without body, incorporeal.

    . नास्ति कायो यस्य Without body, incorporeal.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यः

      1. An epithet of Rāhu, who is represented as having no body, but only a head.
      2. Epithet of the Supreme Spirit (without body, parts etc.)
    Source: ApteApte entry
  3. अतिकायatikāyaa.Of an extraordinary size, gigantic.

    [अत्युत्कटः कायो यस्य]

    Of an extraordinary size, gigantic.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यः Name of a Rākṣasa, son ofRāvaṇa, who was killed by Lakṣmaṇa.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कायkāya[kấya] a. relating to the god Ka (Pragâpati); m. nuptial form of Pragâpati; root of the little finger…
    1. [kấya] adjective relating to the god Ka (Pragâpati); masculine nuptial form of Pragâpati; root of the little finger (sacred to Pragâpati).
    2. [kâya] masculine body; mass, extent, group; capital: -klesa, masculine bodily distress; -danda, masculine perfect control over the body; -mâna, neuter tent of grass, foliage, andc.: i-ka-niketana, neuter the same; -vat, adjective incarnate; -siro-grîva, neuter body, head, and neck; -stha, masculine writer (mixed caste).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कायkāya(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender (from 3. क Pa1n2. 4-2, 25), relating or devoted to the god Ka क (Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति fg-veda x, 121) VS. TS. S3Br.
    3. mf(ई)neuter gender etc.
    4. masculine gender one of the eight modes of marriage (Equivalent to Pra1ja1patya प्राजापत्य see विवाह) Mn. iii, 38 Ya1jn5. i, 60
    5. neuter gender part of the hand sacred to Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति, the root of the little finger Mn. ii, 58 and 59.
    6. masculine gender (√चि Pa1n2. 3-3, 41), the body Ka1tyS3r. Mn. etc.
    7. masculine gender the trunk of a tree R.
    8. masculine gender the body of a lute (the whole except the wires) Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender assemblage, collection, multitude SaddhP.
    10. masculine gender principal, capital Na1r. Br2ih.
    11. masculine gender a house, habitation Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender a butt, mark Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender any object to be attained Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender natural temperament Lexicographers
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  2. अकायakāyamfn. bodiless, incorporeal VS.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective bodiless, incorporeal VS.

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  3. अकायिकाakāyikāf. a kind of game, Divya7v.

    feminine a kind of game, Divya7v.

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  4. अग्रकायagrakāyam. the fore part of the body.

    masculine gender the fore part of the body.

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  5. अङ्कायaṅkāyaNom. A1. ˚ यते, to resemble the marks on the moon, Bha1m.

    Nominal verb Atmane-pada that the rest of a word is to be supplied यते, to resemble the marks on the moon, Bha1m.

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  6. अतिकायatikāyamfn. of extraordinary body or size, gigantic
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of extraordinary body or size, gigantic
    2. masculine gender Name of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस R.
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