舍利

Cognate with Manchu ᡧᡝᡵᡳ (šeri).

舍利 (sheli)

1. spring; fountain

• “The Only Known Text from Bala, an Extinct Tungusic Language”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 9, number 1, 2021, pages 173–191

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

舍利

1. (Buddhism) śarīra (relics, especially pearl-like objects, found in the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters)

Borrowed from Sanskrit शारि (śāri).

舍利

1. (Buddhism, archaic) name of a bird (probably the myna), said to inhabit the Pure Land

舍利

1. (Buddhism) mother of Śāriputra (舍利弗), a chief male disciple of Gautama Buddha

Borrowed from Sanskrit शालि (śāli, “rice”), possibly influenced by Japanese 舎(しゃ)利(り) (shari, “(grains of) rice”). This etymology is commonly erroneously conflated with Etymology 1.

舍利

1. (～米, ～飯) rice, especially in reference to a good variety of rice used in Japanese sushi

Borrowed from Khitan [Term?].

舍利

1. (historical) Khitan military leader during the Liao dynasty

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

舍利

1. a surname

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “舍利” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].