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jīva

jīvá 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.]