Yavajjivam, Yāvajjīvam, Yavat-jivam: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYāvajjīvam (यावज्जीवम्).—ind. for life, throughout life, for the rest of one's life; यावज्जीवं त्रयो वन्द्या वेदान्तो गुरुरीश्वरः (yāvajjīvaṃ trayo vandyā vedānto gururīśvaraḥ) Subhāṣ; यावज्जीवं सुखं जीवेत् (yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ jīvet) Subhāṣ.
Yāvajjīvam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yāvat and jīvam (जीवम्). See also (synonyms): yāvajjanma, yāvajjīvane.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāvajjīvam (यावज्जीवम्).—yavajjīvam, i. e. yāvant-jīva + m, adv. All one’s life, [Pañcatantra] pr. [distich] 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāvajjīvam (यावज्जीवम्).—[adverb] throughout life.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāvajjīvam (यावज्जीवम्):—[=yāvaj-jīvam] [from yāvaj > yāvat] ([Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; ??? etc.]) ind. during the whole of life, for life.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYāvajjīvaṃ (ಯಾವಜ್ಜೀವಂ):—[adverb] = ಯಾವಜ್ಜೀವ [yavajjiva]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Jivam, Yavaj, Yavat.
Full-text: Yavajjanma, Yavajjivane, Yavaccivam, Yavajjivena, Yavagjivika, Sringaputa, Nitkevala, Avyayibhava, Amutra, Jiva, Yavant, Shikshapada.
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