The Sanskrit term Adhiṣṭhānaśarīra can be transliterated into English as Adhisthanasarira or Adhishthanasharira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhiṣṭhānaśarīra (अधिष्ठानशरीर).—A body which forms the medium between the subtle and the gross body.

Derivable forms: adhiṣṭhānaśarīram (अधिष्ठानशरीरम्).

Adhiṣṭhānaśarīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhiṣṭhāna and śarīra (शरीर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhiṣṭhānaśarīra (अधिष्ठानशरीर):—[=adhi-ṣṭhāna-śarīra] [from adhi-ṣṭhāna > adhi-ṣṭhā] n. the intermediate body which serves to clothe and support the departed spirit during its several residences in the Pitṛ-loka or world of spirits (also called the Preta-śarīra).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhiṣṭhānaśarīra (अधिष्ठानशरीर):—[karmadharaya compound] n.

(-ram) (In Sāṅkhya phil.) According to some, an intermediate body between the liṅgaśarīra and sthūlaśarīra (qq. vv.), one that is supposed to enable the subtle body to assume the corporeity of gross body. E. adhiṣṭhāna and śarīra.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Sharira, Adhishthana.

Full-text: Anushthanasharira.

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