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Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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kā-ya-hda

kāya-dhātu

{ka-ya. Da-tu.} 
see: kāya

UMK-USL p11
n. responsive nature of the body to stimulation of the senses

dhātu -- element (closely related to dhamma in meaning, only implying a closer relation to physical substance.)
1. a primary element of which the usual set comprises the four, paṭhavi (earth), āpo (water), tejo (fire), vāyo (wind), otherwise termed cattāro mahā-bhūta .
UKT: See my cp. gandha-dhatu with "pheromone".
2. a natural condition, property, disposition; factor, item, principle. In this meaning closely related to khanda. More in PTS p340.

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