Sparshakaya, Sparśakāya, Sparsha-kaya: 1 definition

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Sparshakaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Sparśakāya can be transliterated into English as Sparsakaya or Sparshakaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Sparśakāya (स्पर्शकाय).—(m.; = Pali phassakāya, six in number, Dīghanikāya (Pali) iii.243.23, cakkhu-saṃphasso, sota-, ghāna-, jivhā-, kāya-, and mano-), the group of (six) contacts (of the sense- organs with their objects): ābādhavipramukto 'si sparśa- (so all Nepalese mss., Kashgar recension °śaṃ, ed. wrongly em. °śaḥ)-kāye tavānagha Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 301.5 (verse), are you free from trouble in your group-of-sensory-contacts?

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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