body AN.ii.18; Pv-a.10 Pv-a.122. Usually in foll. phrases: hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ SN.i.60; Pv.ii.9#56; pahāya m. d. SN.i.27, SN.i.30; jahati d MN.ii.73; ˚ṃ nikkhipati Pv.ii.6#15; (muni or khīṇāsavo antima-deha-dhārin (˚dhāro) SN.i.14, SN.i.53; SN.ii.278; Snp.471 Thig.7, Thig.10; Iti.32, Iti.40, Iti.50, Iti.53. -nikkhepana laying down the body Vism.236.
Sk. deha to *dheigh to form, knead, heap up (cp. kāya = heap), see diddha. So also in uddehaka. Cp Kern, Toevoegselen p. 75 s. v. sarīradeha. Cp. Gr. τεϊξος (wall) = Sk. dehī; Lat. fingo & figura; Goth. deigan (knead) = Ohg. teig = E. dough