deha : [m. nt.] the body.
Deha [Sk. deha to *dheigh to form, knead, heap up (cp. kāya=heap), see diddha. So also in uddehaka. Cp. Kern, Toev. p. 75 s. v. sarīradeha. Cp. Gr. tei_xos(wall)=Sk. dehī; Lat. fingo & figura; Goth. deigan (knead)=Ohg. teig=E. dough] body A ii.18; PvA 10, 122. Usually in foll. phrases: hitvā mānusaŋ dehaŋ Si.60; Pv ii.956; pahāya m. d. S i.27, 30; jahati d. M ii.73; ˚ŋ nikkhipati Pv ii.615; (muni or khīṇāsavo) antima -- deha -- dhārin (˚dhāro) S i.14, 53; ii.278; Sn 471; Th ii.7, 10; It 32, 40, 50, 53. ˚nikkhepana laying down the body Vism 236.
deha m. n. (√dih, to plaster, mould, fashion) the body TĀr. KātyŚr. Mn. &c
• (in a triad with manas and vāc) Mn. i, 104 &c
• (○haṃdhāraya, to support the body, i.e. exist Nal.)
• form, shape, mass, bulk (as of a cloud
• ifc. f. ā) Var.
• per. son, individual Subh.
• appearance, manifestation, ifc. having the appearance of (saṃdeha- Bālar. iii, 43/44)
• N. of a country L.
• (ī́), f. mound, bank, rampart, surrounding wall RV.