śarīra

See also: sarira and sarīra

English

Alternative forms

• sarira

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra, “body”).

Noun

śarīra (plural śarīras)

1. (Buddhism) A relic, especially a pearl-like object, found in the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters.

Translations

pearl-like relics

• Burmese: သရီရ (sa.rira.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舍利 (zh) (shèlì)

• Japanese: 仏舎利 (ja) (ぶっしゃり, busshari)
• Korean: 사리 (ko) (sari)
• Sanskrit: शरीर (sa) (śarīra)
• Tibetan: རིང་བསྲེལ (ring bsrel)
• Vietnamese: xá lị, xá lợi (vi)

Anagrams

• Sarria

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra, “body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ri.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: sa‧ri‧ra

Noun

śarīra

1. body

Derived terms

• anarireni
• anarīra
• aśarīra
• kaśarīra
• makaśarīra
• panarīra
• paśarīra
• paśarīran
• śinarīrakĕn

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦫꦶꦫ (sarira), ꦯꦫꦷꦫ, ꦱꦭꦶꦫ (salira), ꦱ꧀ꦭꦶꦫ (slira)
  • → Indonesian: sarira
• → Balinese: ᬰᬭᬷᬭ (sarira), ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷᬭ (srira)

Further reading

• "śarīra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.