অকায়

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Derived from Sanskrit अकाय (akāya). Structurally, from Tatpuruṣa compound of অ- (o-) +‎ কায়া (kaẏa), or, by Bengali prefixation of অ- (o-) +‎ কায় (kaẏ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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অকায় (okaẏ) (comparative আরও অকায়, superlative সবচেয়ে অকায়)

  1. (literal) having no কায়া (kaẏa, body)
  2. incorporeal, having no physical form
  3. ill-fated, eclipsed

Noun

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অকায় (okaẏ)

  1. the Supreme Being, the God
  2. (Hinduism) Kamadeva, who was incinerated by the “third eye” (tritiya netra) of Shiva, thus losing his body
  3. (Hinduism) Rahu, a planet of Vedic Astronomical navagrahas, who is believed to have no body but only head

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