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jīve

jīva

nt nom sg of jīva (noun); nt acc pl of jīva (noun); nt loc sg of jīva (noun); nt voc sg of jīva (noun); …

1. jīva (nt): soul; life force
2. jīva (nt): life
3. jīva (adj): living; existing; being
4. jīvati (pr): lives
5. jīvati (pr): lives (off); subsists (on); survives (on)
6. jīvā (fem): name of a dead child; lit. living
7. jīva (masc): (comm) plant; plant life

Etymology. √jīv + a; from √jīv 'live'; Sanskrit jīva [jīv]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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