लिङ्गशरीर — {śarīra} n. the subtle body which accompanies the individual spirit or soul in all its transmigrations and is not destroyed by death (it is also called {sūkṣma-ś}, q.v., and since it is the sign and accompaniment of individuality it can never perish till the individualized soul is finally merged in the Universal) (cf. IW. 53, n. 2)