Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

akāya अकाय – bodiless

adjective

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

bodiless

Derived from

  1. a अ previx — negative prefix a-; not; without
  2. kāya काय substantive masculine — body
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

akāya a-kāya, as, ā, am, incorporeal.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

akāyá (3. a + kāya) adj. körperlos VS. 40,8 (brahma).

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

akāyá Adj. körperlos.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

akāya a. [nāsti kāyo yasya] 1 Without body, incorporeal. 2 An epithet of Rāhu, who is represented as having no body, but only a head. 3 Epithet of the Supreme Spirit (without body, parts &c.)

Occurrences in source texts (1)

IVU 1 occurrence
IVU 8: The Bodiless Self 1 occurrence

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