As a deity name
Name 296 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
देह · deh · s.f.
(but, about Benares, m., as in Prk. & S.), The body, the person — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 561
देह · noun · feminine
शरीर । तन । बदन · शरीर का कोई अंग · जीवन । जिंदगी — Śabdasāgara
देह · noun · masculine
गाँब । खेडा़ । मौजा । जैसे, गंगा अहीर, साकिन देह... । यौ॰देहकान । देहात — Śabdasāgara
देह · feminine,masculine
body; person
देह · feminine,masculine
village
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit देह — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyȷ́ʰas Sanskrit देह (deha) Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀳 (deha) Hindi देह Inherited from Prakrit देह (deha), from Sanskrit देह (deha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyȷ́ʰas, from …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
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.
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian ده (dih) or from variant دیه (dīh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the body, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
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.
person, individual, Subh.
Alternative readings
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