应身 (應身) yīngshēn

yīngshēn noun nirmāṇakāya; nirmanakaya; body of transformations; transformation body; emanation body
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nirmāṇakāya, Japanese: keshin, Tibetan: sprul sku; an incarnation of the Buddha, a body capable of transformation, the power to assume an arbitrary form of appearance to propogate the Dharma (BL 'nirmāṇakāya', p .587; FGDB '應身'; Powers 2007, p. 130)

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