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'''Sthūla-śarīra''' (devanāgarī: स्थूलशरीर) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] word from sthūla ("densse, gross, solid"), and śarīra ("body"). This term is used to refer to the physical body, which can be perceived through our five senses.
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== General description ==
 
 
== Esoteric view ==
 
<blockquote>The Body is not a Principle in strict Esoteric parlance; it is an upadhi rather than a Principle. But it is a vehicle of consciousness, and therefore must be considered in studying Consciousness. Apart from this, it can be regarded as merely a denser aspect of the Linga-Śarîra, for the Body and the Linga-Śarîra are both on the same plane, and the Linga- Śarîra is molecular in its constitution, like the Body.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 694.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Physical body according to Annie Besant ==
 
[[Annie Besant]] regarded the sthūla-śarīra as being the dense counterpart of

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