Sthulakaya, Sthūlakāya, Sthula-kaya: 5 definitions

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Sthulakaya 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sthulakaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sthūlakāya (स्थूलकाय).—a. fat, corpulent.

Sthūlakāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthūla and kāya (काय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthūlakāya (स्थूलकाय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Large-bodied, corpulent. E. sthūla, and kāya body.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthūlakāya (स्थूलकाय):—[=sthūla-kāya] [from sthūla > sthūl] mfn. large-bodied, corpulent, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthūlakāya (स्थूलकाय):—[sthūla-kāya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Corpulent.

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sthulakaya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sthūlakāya (ಸ್ಥೂಲಕಾಯ):—

1) [noun] the physical or gross body (as diff. from the subtle body).

2) [noun] a very fat, corpulent, fleshy body.

3) [noun] a man having such a body; a hefty man.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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