शारीर
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 13 August 2024
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শাৰীৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬭᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
- শারীর (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰨𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာရီရ (Burmese script)
- શારીર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਰੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦫꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂩𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾರೀರ (Kannada script)
- ឝារីរ (Khmer script)
- ຨາຣີຣ (Lao script)
- ശാരീര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘨𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠷᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧈𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐬𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶାରୀର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢬꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆫𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖨𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශාරීර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚤𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶாரீர (Tamil script)
- శారీర (Telugu script)
- ศารีร (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་རཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒩𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of शरीर (śárīra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɑː.ɾiː.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɑː.ɾiː.ɾɐ/
Adjective
शारीर • (śārīrá) stem
- bodily, corporal, physical
- 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.
- vivarṇavadano dīno na hi māmabhibhāṣate.
- विवर्णवदनो दीनो न हि मामभिभाषते ।
- (rare) made of bones
- incorporate, embodied
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शारीरः (śārīráḥ) | शारीरौ (śārīráu) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
शारीराः (śārīrā́ḥ) शारीरासः¹ (śārīrā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शारीरम् (śārīrám) | शारीरौ (śārīráu) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
शारीरान् (śārīrā́n) |
| instrumental | शारीरेण (śārīréṇa) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरैः (śārīráiḥ) शारीरेभिः¹ (śārīrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शारीराय (śārīrā́ya) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शारीरात् (śārīrā́t) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शारीरस्य (śārīrásya) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीराणाम् (śārīrā́ṇām) |
| locative | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीरेषु (śārīréṣu) |
| vocative | शारीर (śā́rīra) | शारीरौ (śā́rīrau) शारीरा¹ (śā́rīrā¹) |
शारीराः (śā́rīrāḥ) शारीरासः¹ (śā́rīrāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शारीरी (śārīrī́) | शारीर्यौ (śārīryàu) शारीरी¹ (śārīrī́¹) |
शारीर्यः (śārīryàḥ) शारीरीः¹ (śārīrī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | शारीरीम् (śārīrī́m) | शारीर्यौ (śārīryàu) शारीरी¹ (śārīrī́¹) |
शारीरीः (śārīrī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | शारीर्या (śārīryā́) | शारीरीभ्याम् (śārīrī́bhyām) | शारीरीभिः (śārīrī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | शारीर्यै (śārīryái) | शारीरीभ्याम् (śārīrī́bhyām) | शारीरीभ्यः (śārīrī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शारीर्याः (śārīryā́ḥ) शारीर्यै² (śārīryái²) |
शारीरीभ्याम् (śārīrī́bhyām) | शारीरीभ्यः (śārīrī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शारीर्याः (śārīryā́ḥ) शारीर्यै² (śārīryái²) |
शारीर्योः (śārīryóḥ) | शारीरीणाम् (śārīrī́ṇām) |
| locative | शारीर्याम् (śārīryā́m) | शारीर्योः (śārīryóḥ) | शारीरीषु (śārīrī́ṣu) |
| vocative | शारीरि (śā́rīri) | शारीर्यौ (śā́rīryau) शारीरी¹ (śā́rīrī¹) |
शारीर्यः (śā́rīryaḥ) शारीरीः¹ (śā́rīrīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शारीरम् (śārīrám) | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीराणि (śārīrā́ṇi) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
| accusative | शारीरम् (śārīrám) | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीराणि (śārīrā́ṇi) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
| instrumental | शारीरेण (śārīréṇa) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरैः (śārīráiḥ) शारीरेभिः¹ (śārīrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शारीराय (śārīrā́ya) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शारीरात् (śārīrā́t) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शारीरस्य (śārīrásya) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीराणाम् (śārīrā́ṇām) |
| locative | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीरेषु (śārīréṣu) |
| vocative | शारीर (śā́rīra) | शारीरे (śā́rīre) | शारीराणि (śā́rīrāṇi) शारीरा¹ (śā́rīrā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀻𑀭 (sārīra)
Noun
शारीर • (śārīra) stem, n
- bodily constitution; physical makeup
- anatomy; science of the body
- 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.
- vinādbhirapsu vāpyārtaḥ śārīraṃ saṃniveśya ca.
- विनाद्भिरप्सु वाप्यार्तः शारीरं संनिवेश्य च ।
- the embodied soul or spirit
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शारीरम् (śārīrám) | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीराणि (śārīrā́ṇi) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
| accusative | शारीरम् (śārīrám) | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीराणि (śārīrā́ṇi) शारीरा¹ (śārīrā́¹) |
| instrumental | शारीरेण (śārīréṇa) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरैः (śārīráiḥ) शारीरेभिः¹ (śārīrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शारीराय (śārīrā́ya) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शारीरात् (śārīrā́t) | शारीराभ्याम् (śārīrā́bhyām) | शारीरेभ्यः (śārīrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शारीरस्य (śārīrásya) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीराणाम् (śārīrā́ṇām) |
| locative | शारीरे (śārīré) | शारीरयोः (śārīráyoḥ) | शारीरेषु (śārīréṣu) |
| vocative | शारीर (śā́rīra) | शारीरे (śā́rīre) | शारीराणि (śā́rīrāṇi) शारीरा¹ (śā́rīrā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शारीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1066, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “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