1. a corpse Vin.ii.115 (˚sīsassa patta a bowl made out of a skull) See compounds
2. (adj.) vile, low, miserable, wretched Vin.ii.112, Vin.ii.188; SN.i.66; MN.i.374; AN.ii.57; Ja.iv.263.

• -aṭṭhika bones of a corpses, a skeleton C iii.15, 1 (?)
• -ālāta a torch from a pyre SN.iii.93 = AN.ii.95 = Iti.90; Ja.i.482; Vism.54, Vism.299 (˚ûpama).
• -kuṭikā a charnelhouse morgue, Vin.i.152;
• -dāhaka one who (officially burns the dead, an “undertaker” Vin.i.152; Dhp-a.i.68 (f. ˚ikā); Vism.230; Mil.331.
• -dussa a miserable garment DN.i.166≈AN.i.240; AN.ii.206.
• -sarīra a corpse Vism.178 sq.
• -sitta a water pot (see above 1) Thag.127.

Derivation doubtful. Vedic śava