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jīvजीव्cl. 1. jī́vati (ep. also Ā.; Subj. °vāti, [RV. x, 85, 39]; [AV.]; °vāt, [RV. i, 84, 16]; p. jī́vat; aor. ajivīt; jīvīt, [AV.]; pf. jijīva; fut. jīviṣyáti; Prec. °vyā́sam, °vyāsma, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; inf. jī́vitum, [xiv]; [MBh.] &c.; Ved. °vāse, [RV.]; [VS.]; [MBh. i, 732]; jī́vitavaí, [AV. vi, 109, 1]) to live, be or remain alive, [RV.] &c.; to revive, [Pañcat. iv, 5, 0/1]; [BhP. iv, 6, 51]; (with punar), [MBh.]; to live by (instr.; exceptionally loc., [v, 1059 f.]), [Mn.]; [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 12]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. jīváyati (ep. also Ā.; aor. ajījivat or ajijīv°, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3]) to make alive, restore to life, vivify, [RV. x, 137, 1]; [ĀśvŚr. vi, 9]; [MBh.] &c.; to support life, keep alive, [MBh.] &c.; to nourish, bring up, [i], [xiii]; [Kathās. iii, 17 f.]; [Rājat. v, 72]; to shout ‘jīva’ (i.e. long live!), [Kathās. cxxiv, 113]; jīvāpayati (cf. °pita) to restore to life, [Vet. ii, 9/10] : Desid. jijīviṣati (Ā. [BhP. xi, 7, 70]) to wish to live, [KātyŚr. xxii]; [Lāṭy. viii]; [ĪśUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to seek a livelihood, wish to live by (instr.), [Mn. x, 121]; [MBh. v, 702]; jújyūṣati id., [ŚBr. iii, 2, 4, 16] and [5, 3, 11]; cf. jijyūṣita;
[cf. Lat. vivo; Lith. gīvēnu.]
jīvāजीवा(ā), f. life, [L.]
the earth, [L.]
a bow-string, [L.]
(in geom. = jyā) the chord of an arc
the sine of an arc, [Sūryas. ii, 57] (cf. tri-, tri-bha, dṛg-gati-, lamba- and śaṅku-jīvā)
N. of a plant (jīvantī or vacā, [L.]), [VarBṛS. iii, 39]
the tinkling of ornaments, [L.]
pl. N. of a particular formula, [Kauś.]; [Vait.]
jīvīजीवीf. N. of a plant, [Kauś.]
jīvaजीवjīvá mf(A/)n. living, existing, alive, [RV.] &c.
healthy (blood), [Car. viii, 6, 74]
ifc. living by (see jala-cara-, rūpa-)
causing to live, vivifying (see putra-, -jala)
jīvá m. n. any living being, anything living, [RV.] &c.
jīvá m. life, existence, [MBh. iv], [vi]; [Hariv.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Kathās.])
jīvá m. the principle of life, vital breath, the living or personal soul (as distinguished from the universal soul See jīvātman), [RV. i, 164, 30]; [ChUp.]; [ŚvetUp.]; [PraśnUp.]; [Mn.] &c.
N. of a plant, [L.]
Bṛhaspati (regent of Jupiter), [VarBṛS.]; [Laghuj.]; [Sūryas.], [KāśīKh.]
the 3rd lustrum in the 60 years' Bṛhaspati cycle, [VarBṛS. viii, 26]
N. of one of the 8 Maruts, [Yājñ. ii, 102/103, 39];
Karṇa, [L.]
m. (also) N. of a famous physician, [Buddh.]
jīvá n. N. of a metre, [RPrāt. xvii, 4]
cf. ati-, upa- and saṃ-jīvá
a-, kumāra-, ciraṃ-, jagaj-, dur-, nir-, pāpa-, bandhu-, sa-, su-
khṣudra-jivā, yāvaj-jīvam
[cf. βίος; Lat. vivus; Lith. gīvas; Goth. qvius; Eng. quick; Hib. beo.]
jīvadजीवद्in comp. for °vat.
jīvanजीवन्in comp. for °vat.
jīvatजीवत्jī́vat mfn. pr. p. √ jīv, q.v.
jīvinजीविन्mfn. ifc. living (a particular period or at a certain time or in a certain way), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
living on or by (loc. [[Hariv. 4555]; [R. i, 9, 61]] or in comp.), [ĀśvGṛ. iii]; [Mn.] &c.
(also, ‘vivifying’), [MBh.]
m. a living being, [Pañcat. i, 11, 0/1]; [BrahmavP.]
jīvyāजीव्याf. = °va-priyā, [L.]
= gorakṣadugdhā, [L.]
the plant Jīvantī, [L.]
jīvyaजीव्यn. impers. to be lived, [Cāṇ.]
‘life’, see °vyópāya
jīvāśāजीवाशाf. hope of living, [BhP. i, 2, 10.]
jīvāśaजीवाशmf(A)n. hoping for life, [Amar. 90]
jīvālāजीवालाf. (= °valā) a kind of pepper, [L.]
jīvātuजीवातुjīvā́tu f. life, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (dat. °tave; once °tvai, [MaitrS. ii, 3, 4])
a life-giving drug, [HPariś. xiii, 189]
jīvā́tu m. n. victuals, food (ifc. mfn. ‘living on’), [Kautukas.]
jīvathaजीवथmfn. long-lived, [Uṇ. iii, 112], Sch.
virtuous, [L.]
m. life, breath, [L.]
a tortoise, [L.]
a peacock, [L.]
a cloud, [L.]
virtue, [W.]
jīvadāजीवदाjīva—dā f. = °vantī, [L.]
jīvadaजीवदjīva—da m. ‘life-giver’, a physician, [L.]
jīva—da m. ‘life-cutter’, an enemy, [L.]
jīvajaजीवजjīva—ja mfn. born-alive, [ChUp. vi, 3, 1.]
jīvakaजीवकmfn. living, alive, [Hcar. vii]
ifc. (f(ikA). ) ‘living’, see cira-: making a livelihood by (in comp.), [MBh. xii f.]; [Hariv. 4484]; [Śatr.] (cf. akṣara-)
‘generating’, see putraṃ-
ifc. (f(A). ) long living, for whom long life is desired, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 150], [Kāś.]
m. a living being, [L.]
‘living on others’, a servant, [L.]
an usurer, [L.]
a beggar, [L.]
a snake-catcher, [L.]
a tree, [L.]
one of the 8 principal drugs called Aṣṭavarga (Terminalia tomentosa, [L.]; Coccinia grandis, [L.]), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]
N. of Kumāra-bhūta, [Divyāv. xix], [xxxv]
jīvalāजीवलाjīvalā́ (ā́), f. Odina Wodier, [AV. vi], [viii], [xix]
= °vālā, [L.]
jīvalaजीवलjīvalá mf(A/)n. full of life, animating (water), [AV. x], [xii], [xix]
jīvalá m. N. of a man, [ŚBr. ii, 3]; [Nal. xv, 7]
jīvanāजीवनाjī́vanā f. N. of a medicinal plant, [L.]
jīvanīजीवनीjī́vanī f. N. of several plants (jīvantī́, kākoli, doḍī, medā, mahā-medā, yūthī), [L.] (cf. á-; puruṣa-jī́v°.)
jīvanaजीवनjī́vana mf(I)n. vivifying, giving life, enlivening, [ŚBr. ii, 3, i, 10]; [MBh.] (said of wind, the sun, &c.; of Śiva [xiii, 1236]), [BhP. x]; [Kathās.]
jī́vana m. a living being, [W.]
wind, [L.]
a son, [L.]
the plant kṣudraphalaka, [L.]
the plant jīvaka, [L.]
N. of the author of Mānasa-nayana
jī́vana n. life, [RV. i, 48, 10]; [x, 161, 1]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. ix] &c.
manner of living, [TS. vi, 1, 9, 4]
living by (instr. or in comp.), livelihood, means of living, [Mn.]; [Yājñ. iii]; [MBh.] &c.
enlivening, making alive, [R. vi, 105]; [Kathās. lxxvi, 25]; [Aṣṭāṅg.]
enlivening a magical formula, [Sarvad. xv, 254] and [256]
‘life-giving element’, water, [BhP. x, 20, 6]; [Rājat. v, 416]
fresh butter, [L.]
milk, [Gal.]
marrow, [L.]
jīvaniजीवनिm. pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. v, 1.]
jīvasūजीवसूjīva—sū f. a mother of living offspring, [MBh. i, 7353]; [R. ii.]
jīvikāजीविकाf. living, manner of living, [KaṭhUp.]; [Mn. iv, 11]; [x, 82] &c.
livelihood, [x, 76]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Rājat. vi, 22])
the plant Jīvantī, [L.]
pl. ‘life-giving element’, water, [ĀśvŚr. vi, 9].
f. See °vaka.
jīvitaजीवितjīvitá mfn. living, [Ragh. xii, 75]
lived through (a period of time), [W.]
(with or without punar) returned to life, [MBh. xii, 5686]; [Pañcat.]; [Vet.]
enlivened, animated, [R. v, 66, 24]; [BhP. viii, 15, 3]
jīvitá n. a living being, [RV. i, 113, 6]
life, [iv, 54, 2]; [AV. vi, 134, 1]; [ŚBr. xiv] &c.
jīvitá n. (ifc. f(A). , [Kathās.])
jīvitá n. duration of life, [L.]
livelihood, [Hit. i, 4, 36] (v.l.)
cf. a-.
jīvagṛbhजीवगृभ्jīva—gṛ́bh m. ‘capturing alive’, a bailiff, [RV. x, 97, 11.]
jīvanaśजीवनश्jīva—náś mfn. (nom. -náṭ; also -nak [= jīvasya nāśa] [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 63], [Kāś.]) [a sacrifice] in which living beings are killed, [MaitrS. i, 4, 13.]
jīvantīजीवन्तीjīvantī́ (ī́), f. N. of an asterism, [MānGṛ. i, 14]
of a medicinal and edible plant, [AV. viii, 2, 6] and [7, 6]; [MBh. ii, 98]; [Suśr.]
Cocculus cordifolius, [L.]
Prosopis spicigera or Mimosa Suma, [L.]
= °va-priyā, [L.]
a parasitical plant, [L.]
= ḍoḍī, [L.]
jīvantaजीवन्तjīvantá mfn. long-lived, [L.]
jīvantá m. life, [L.]
a drug, [Uṇ., Sch.]
= °va śāka, [AV. xix, 39, 3]
N. of a man, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 103]
g. karṇādi
jīvantiजीवन्तिm. N. of a man and (pl.) his descendants, [Pravar. i, 1]
also in comp. for °tī.
jīvatvaजीवत्वjīva—tva n. the state of life, [RāmatUp. i, 14]
the state of the individual soul, [KapS. vi, 63.]
jīvavatजीववत्jīva—vat mfn. animated, living, [viii, 4930]
= jīvana-vat, [ĀpŚr. viii, 14]
jīvitvaजीवित्वjīvi-tva n. life, [W.]
jīvorṇāजीवोर्णाf. wool of a living animal, [KātyŚr.]
jīvādhānaजीवाधानn. preservation of life, [W.]
jīvādānaजीवादानn. ‘taking away all sense of life’, fainting away, swoon, [Car. i], [viii]; [Suśr.]
jīvāgāraजीवागारn. = °va-sthāna, [L.]
jīvāpitaजीवापितmfn. (Caus.) restored to life, [R. vii, 76, 27]; [Vet.]
jīvātmanजीवात्मन्m. the living or personal or individual soul (as distinct from the paramāt°, q.v.), the vital principle, [Tarkas.]; [BhP. vi], [viii]; [Sarvad. iv]; [vii, 57.]
jīvabhūtaजीवभूतjīva—bhūta mfn. become alive, endowed with life, [W.]
forming the life of (gen.), [R. i, 4, 23]; [BhP. v, 24, 19.]
jīvadhānīजीवधानीjīva—dhānī f. ‘receptacle of living beings’, the earth, [BhP. iii, 13, 30.]
jīvadhanaजीवधनjīva—dhana n. live stock, wealth in flocks and herds, [L.]
jīvaghanaजीवघनjīva—ghana m. receptacle of everything living, [PraśnUp. v, 5]; [Jain.]
jīvaśākaजीवशाकjīva—śāka m. = -meṣaka, [L.]
jīvaśeṣaजीवशेषjīva—śeṣa mfn. one who has escaped with his life and nothing more, [Pañcat. iii, 1, 1/0.]
jīvadānaजीवदानjīva—dāna n. ‘life-giving’, N. of a manual of med. by Cyavana, [BrahmaP. i, 16, 17.]
jīvadānuजीवदानुjīvá—dānu (°vá-), mfn. for jīrá-d°, [VS. i, 28]; [ŚBr. i, 9, 1, 5.]
jīvadaśāजीवदशाjīva—daśā f. mortal existence, [W.]
jīvadevaजीवदेवjīva—deva m. N. of a man,
jīvajīvaजीवजीवjīva—jīva m. a kind of pheasant, [L.]
jīvakośaजीवकोशjīva—kośa m. a case (or sheath) enveloping the personal soul, [BhP. iv, 22 f.]
[x.]
jīvalokaजीवलोकjīva—loká m. the world of living beings (opposed to that of the deceased), living beings, mankind, [RV. x, 18, 8]; [AV. xviii, 3, 34]; [ŚBr. xiii, 8, 4]; [MBh.] &c.
jīvamayaजीवमयjīva—maya mfn. endowed with life, [BhP. ix, 9, 24.]
jīvanāśaजीवनाशjīva—nāśa m. state between life and death, [R.]
jīvanāthaजीवनाथjīva—nātha m. N. of a writer on astron.
of a physician.
jīvanāyaजीवनायjīva—nāya m. N. of a poet, [ŚārṅgP. lvi], [cxxxv.]
jīvanīyāजीवनीयाf. the plant Jīvantī, [L.]
jīvanīyaजीवनीयmfn. vivifying (a class of drugs), [Car. i, 1, 107]
prepared from Jīvanīya milk, [Suśr. vi, 9, 19]
n. impers. to be lived, [Mn. x, 116]; [Kull.]
a form of milk, [Suśr.]
water, [L.]
jīvanadaजीवनदjīvana—da m. ‘life-giver’, N. of the leader of a sect, [Śaṃkar. xxxv.]
jīvanakaजीवनकn. food, [L.]
jīvanatāजीवनताjīvana—tā f. life, mode of life, [W.]
jīvanikāजीवनिकाf. = °va-priyā, [L.]
jīvapatiजीवपतिjīva—pati m. a living husband, [vi, 19, 24]. =
jīvapitṛजीवपितृjīva—pitṛ mfn. (a son or daughter) whose father is alive, [ŚāṅkhŚr. iv.]
jīvapurāजीवपुराjīva—purā́ f. the abode of living beings or men, [AV. ii, 9, 3]; [v, 30, 6.]
jīvarājaजीवराजjīva—rāja m. N. of the author of Caitra-pūrṇimā-kathā
jīvasutaजीवसुतjīva—suta mf(A)n. = -praja, [BhP. vi, 19, 25.]
jīvatokāजीवतोकाjīva—tokā f. a woman whose child or children are living, [L.]
jīvavadhaजीववधjīva—vadha m. destruction of living beings, [Siṃhās. xxviii, 3.]
jīvavatīजीववतीjīva—vatī f. = -vallī, [Npr.]
jīvayājaजीवयाजjīva—yājá m. the sacrifice of living beings, [RV. i, 31, 15.]
jīvayoniजीवयोनिjīva—yoni mfn. enclosing a personal soul (a sentient being), [BhP. iii, 9, 19.]
jīvikākṛजीविकाकृjīvikā—√ kṛ to make a livelihood, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 79.]
jīvitāśāजीविताशाf. hope of life, wish for life, [Kāvyād. ii, 139]; [Bhaktām.]; [Hit.]
jīvitadaजीवितदjīvita—da mfn. giving life, [Bhpr. vii, 8, 237.]
jīviteśāजीवितेशाf. a loved woman, [Ratnāv. iii, 17.]
jīviteśaजीवितेशm. = °tanātha, [Ragh. xi, 20]
Yama, [ib.]
the sun, [L.]
the moon, [L.]
a vivifying drug, [L.]
jīvopāyaजीवोपायm. v.l. for °vyop°,
jīvādityaजीवादित्यm. the living sun, [Siṃhās. xviii, 1.]
jīvānandaजीवानन्दjī°vānanda N. of a Nāṭaka.
jīvāntakaजीवान्तकm. ‘life-destroyer’, a fowler, [L.]
murderer, [W.]
jīvātumatजीवातुमत्jīvātu—mat mfn. = °vana-vat, [ĀśvŚr. ii, 10] and [19.]
jīvabhadrāजीवभद्राjīva—bhadrā f. the plant °vanti or vṛddhi, [L.]
jīvadhanyaजीवधन्यjīva—dhanya (°vá-) mf(A)n. rich in vital powers, [RV.]; [AV. xii, 3, 4] and [25]; [TBr. ii.]
accord. to some, ‘blessing or befriending living creatures’
jīvaghātinजीवघातिन्jīva—ghātin mfn. destroying life (a beast of prey), [Subh.]
jīvaghātyāजीवघात्याjīva—ghātyā f. destruction of life, [Kauś. 18.]
jīvaghātyaजीवघात्यjīva—ghātya mfn. a living animal fit to be killed
jīvaṃjīvaजीवंजीवjīva—ṃ-jīva m. = -j°, [L.]
the Greek partridge, [L.]
a mythical bird with two heads, [Buddh.]
N. of a tree, [L.]
jīvaśaṃsaजीवशंसjīva—śaṃsá mfn. praised by living beings, [RV. i, 104, 6]; [vii, 46, 4.]
jīvaśṛṅgaजीवशृङ्गjīva—śṛṅga n. the horn of a living animal, [Hir.]
jīvaśuklāजीवशुक्लाjīva—śuklā f. N. of a bulb, [L.]
jīvacūrṇaजीवचूर्णjīva—cūrṇa n. pl. living animals (such as ‘centipedes’, Sch.) ground to powder, [GṛS.]
jīvadāmanजीवदामन्jīva—dāman m. N. of a prince.
jīvadātrīजीवदात्रीjīva—dātrī f. ‘life-giver’ = -bhadrā, [L.]
Coelogyne ovalis or Hoya viridiflora, [L.]
jīvadattaजीवदत्तjīva—datta m. N. of a man, [Kathās.]
jīvagrahaजीवग्रहjīva—grahá m. filling (a cup) with living (or unpressed Soma), [TS. vi, 6, 9, 2.]
jīvahiṃsāजीवहिंसाjīva—hiṃsā f. hurting living beings, [Siṃhās. xxviii, 0/1] and [2/3]