The Sanskrit term Mṛtaśarīra can be transliterated into English as Mrtasarira or Mritasharira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Mṛtaśarīra (मृतशरीर) refers to a “corpse”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “One’s own body (svakāya) is inner; another’s body (parakāya) is outer. [...] When the Yogin considers a corpse (mṛtaśarīra), bloated (vyādhmātaka) and rotting (vipūyaka), he grasps the characteristics and examines his own body, saying: ‘This body, too, is of the same nature, the same constitution and has not gone beyond this state of affairs’, then the corpse is the ‘outer’ body, whereas the Yogin’s body is the ‘inner’ body. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Mrita, Sharira.

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