śarīra

See also: sarira and sarīra

English

Alternative forms

sarira

Etymology

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

Noun

śarīra (plural śarīras)

(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), 舍利子 (zh) (shèlìzǐ)
Japanese: 仏舎利 (ja) (ぶっしゃり, busshari)
Korean: 사리(舍利) (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

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.