応おう身じん

noun

nirmanakaya; response body; manifested body

Buddhist term: the physical form a buddha takes to teach sentient beings, adapting to their capacities. One of the three bodies (三身) in Mahayana doctrine.

See also: 三身

• 応おう身じんは、仏ほとけが衆しゅ生じょうを救すくうために現あらわれる姿すがたである。

  The nirmanakaya is the form a buddha manifests to save sentient beings.