kāya

  1. the body, the physical body; sometimes the material form (of a particular existence) as opposed to the mental faculties, sometimes the assemblage of all five khandhas; the body is

    1. the experiencer of sensation and feeling, either (a) generally (physically and/or mentally); or (b) specifically, as one of the organs of sense or perception.
    2. the performer of action
  2. the main part of the body, the trunk; the trunk of a tree.

  3. a collection, assemblage, group; totality, mass.