शारीर

Vṛddhi derivative of शरीर (śárīra).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.ɾiː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːˈɾiː.ɾɐ/

शारीर • (śārīrá) stem

1. bodily, corporal, physical
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.12:

     विवर्णवदनो दीनो न हि मामभिभाषते ।
     शारीरो मानसो वापि कच्चिदेनं न बाधते ।
     संतापो वाभितापो वा दुर्लभं हि सदा सुखम् ॥

     vivarṇavadano dīno na hi māmabhibhāṣate.
     śārīro mānaso vāpi kaccidenaṃ na bādhate.
     saṃtāpo vābhitāpo vā durlabhaṃ hi sadā sukham.

     Pale-faced and depressed, he does not talk to me. Is he subject to any physical or mental distress? Eternal happiness is indeed very rare.

2. (rare) made of bones
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
3. incorporate, embodied

• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀻𑀭 (sārīra)

शारीर • (śārīra) stem, n

1. bodily constitution; physical makeup
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
2. anatomy; science of the body
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
3. faeces, excrement
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 11.203:

     विनाद्भिरप्सु वाप्यार्तः शारीरं संनिवेश्य च ।
     सचैलो बहिराप्लुत्य गामालभ्य विशुध्यति ॥

     vinādbhirapsu vāpyārtaḥ śārīraṃ saṃniveśya ca.
     sacailo bahirāplutya gāmālabhya viśudhyati.

     He who has relieved himself of excrement, being greatly pressed, either without using water or in water, becomes pure by bathing outside (the village) in his clothes and by touching a cow.

4. the embodied soul or spirit

• Monier Williams (1899) “शारीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1066, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śārīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शारीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1546
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शारीर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 312