Trikāya
From Tsadra Commons
| Key Term | three bodies |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | སྐྱ་གསུམ། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | sku gsum |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | त्रिकाय |
| Romanized Sanskrit | trikāya |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | kusum |
| Chinese Script | 三身 |
| Chinese Pinyin | sānshēn |
| Richard Barron's English Term | three kayas |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | the three exalted bodies |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | three buddha bodies |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The three enlightened forms of a buddha one attains when one become fully enlightened. They include the truth body, enjoyment body and the emanation body. |
| Has the Sense of | The three aspects of perfect enlightenment of a buddha: the enlightened state of one's mind after full transformation, the pure physical existence one attains as a result of inner perfection, and the myriad forms one can emanate from the enlightened state to help others. |
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