The term 'sarira' (śarīra), a word borrowed from Sanskrit, means the skeletal remains or body (the term śarīra शरीर originally means 'body' in Sanskrit and also refers to 'dead body' as in English).
「舎利」は遺骨または遺体を意味する梵語シャリーラ(śarīra)の音写（śarīraशरीरの本義は単に「肉体」の意で、英語body同様に死体も指す）。