sarīra

See also: sarira and śarīra

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• सरीर (Devanagari script)
• সরীর (Bengali script)
• සරීර (Sinhalese script)
• သရီရ or သရဳရ (Burmese script)
• สรีร or สะรีระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩁᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຣີຣ or ສະຣີຣະ (Lao script)
• សរីរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄢𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शरीर (śárīra). Cognate with Niya Prakrit 𐨭𐨪𐨁𐨪 (śarira), Gandhari 𐨭𐨪𐨁𐨪 (śarira), Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀻𑀭 (sarīra).

Noun

sarīra n

1. body (of human)

Declension

Declension table of "sarīra" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sarīraṃ	sarīrāni
Accusative (second)	sarīraṃ	sarīrāni
Instrumental (third)	sarīrena	sarīrehi or sarīrebhi
Dative (fourth)	sarīrassa or sarīrāya or sarīratthaṃ	sarīrānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sarīrasmā or sarīramhā or sarīrā	sarīrehi or sarīrebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sarīrassa	sarīrānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sarīrasmiṃ or sarīramhi or sarīre	sarīresu
Vocative (calling)	sarīra	sarīrāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: သရီရ (sa.rira., “relic”)
• → Khmer: សរីរៈ (saʼrəyraʼ)
• → Lao: ສະຣີຣະ (sa rī ra), ສະລີລະ (sa lī la)
• → Old Mon: သရဳရ
  • → Mon: သရဳရ
• → Thai: สรีระ (sà-rii-rá)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sarīra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 698
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śárīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 715