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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.]
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.]
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.]
jīvanasyāजीवनस्याjīvanasyā́ f. desire of life, [TS. ii]; [MaitrS. ii, 3, 4.]
jīvanavatजीवनवत्jīvana—vat mfn. possessed of or relating to life, [GopBr. ii, 1, 25]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. iii.]
jīvanahetuजीवनहेतुjīvana—hetu m. means of subsistence, [Mn. x, 116.]
jīvanayoniजीवनयोनिjīvana—yoni mfn. having its source in life, [Bhāṣāp.]
jīvana—yoni m. source of life, [W.]
jīvanavidambanaजीवनविदम्बनjīvana—vidambana n. disappointment in life, living in vain, [W.]