(Sanskrit: three bodies), in Mahayana Buddhism, the concept of the three bodies, or modes of being, of the Buddha: the dharmakaya (body of essence), the unmanifested mode, and the supreme state of absolute knowledge; the sambhogakaya (body of enjoyment), the heavenly mode; and the nirmanakaya (body of transformation), the earthly mode, the Buddha as he appeared on earth or manifested himself in an earthly bodhisattva, an earthly king, a painting, or a natural object, such as a lotus. The concept of trikaya applies not only to the historical Buddha, Gautama, but to all other buddhas as well.
TRIKAYA
Meaning of TRIKAYA in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012