Kayaguhya, Kaya-guhya, Kāyaguhya: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKāyaguhya (कायगुह्य) refers to the “the body secret” and represents one of the “three secrets” (guhya) in the Buddha according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XV).—Accordingly, “The members of a given assembly (saṃgha) see the body of the Buddha with its changing aspects: his color (varṇa) is yellow-gold, silver-white or a mixture of precious colors; his size is one arm-span and six feet, one li, ten li, a hundred li, a thousand li, ten thousand li or one hundred thousand li, sometimes even it is infinite (ananta), immense (apramāṇa) like space (ākāsa). Such is the secret of the body (kāya-guhya)”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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