DarmakAya
dharma-kāya , m. (in Pali recorded only as Bhvr. adj. in quite different sense, having a body that is, or is characterized by, the Doctrine , DN iii.84.24 , said of the Buddha; see below for similar use in BHS ); ( 1 ) the mass of conditions of existence , see s.v. kāya (2); ( 2 ) perhaps to be rendered spiritual body (?) , contrasted with rūpakāya , q.v. : (dṛṣṭo mayopādhyāyānubhāvena) sa bhagavān dharmakāyena ( in his spiritual form , or the like; he had not seen him physically) no tu rūpakāyena ( but not in his physical form ) Divy 19.11 ; similarly 360.19 (… na dṛṣṭo rūpakāyo me 20—21); na rūpakāyatas tathāgataḥ prajñātavyaḥ … dharmakāyaprabhāvitāś ca buddhā bhagavanto na rūpakāya-prabhāvitāḥ Samādh 22.7 ( Régamey , Absolute Body, Material Body ; R. does not understand prabhāvita quite rightly; it means recognized , see BR s.v. bhū with pra, caus. , 3); similarly 22.9 and esp. 34, with the explanation, dharmeṇa kāyu nirjito, (His) body is born (? see nirjita ) by dharma ; see Régamey p. 23 ; elsewhere, with the same contrast, the word dharma-k° is used as a Bhvr. adj. ( cf. the Pali usage above, with which this usage may be directly connected), na hi tathāgato rūpakāyato draṣṭavyaḥ, dharmakāyās tathāgatāḥ AsP 513.15 ; instead of rūpakāya, simply kāya may be used in contrast, dharmakāyā buddhā bhagavantaḥ, mā khalu punar imaṃ bhikṣavaḥ satkāyaṃ kāyaṃ manyadhvaṃ, dharmakāyapariniṣpattito māṃ bhikṣavo drakṣyanty AsP 94.11—13 ; ( 3 ) perhaps to be rendered in the same way as (2), but considered the highest of three bodies of a Buddha, the [Page277-b] others being saṃbhoga- and nirmāṇa-k° ; this is a late formula ( Régamey , l. c. above) and I have noted the triad only in Mvy 116—118 among texts included in this work (see under the others); ( 4 ) without specific contrast with other kāyas but most likely belonging to (2) rather than (3): sa dharmakāya-prabhāvito (see Samādh 22.7 above) darśanenāpi sattvānām arthaṃ karoti Śikṣ. 159.7 ; manomaya-dharmakāyasya tathāgatasya Laṅk 192.1 ( AbhidhK. knows a manomaya-kāya, app. not identified with dharma-k°, see LaV-P. Index ; acc. to ii.209 it pertains to the rūpa-dhātu); prob. , na rājan kṛpaṇo loke dharmakāyena saṃspṛśet Divy 560.2 ( vs ). [In LV 401.21 all mss. and Calc. read Dharmakāya as n. of one of the four devatās of the bodhi-tree; Lefm. Dharmakāma , with Tib. chos ḥdod ; the em. seems plausible.]