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noun
complete control over one's bodys
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
bodily actions
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
corporal punishments in the Indosphere
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Sanskrit कायदण्ड (kāyadaṇḍa, “complete control over one's body”).
