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jīv

cl. 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.]