Jayajiva, Jāyājīva, Jaya-ajiva: 7 definitions
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Jayajiva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJāyājīva (जायाजीव).—
1) an actor, a dancer.
2) the husband of a harlot.
3) a needy man, pauper.
4) a kind of crane (baka).
Derivable forms: jāyājīvaḥ (जायाजीवः).
Jāyājīva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jāyā and ājīva (आजीव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJāyājīva (जायाजीव).—m.
(-vaḥ) An actor, a dancer. E. jāyā a wife, and jīva who gets a livelihood. jāyayā tannarttanavṛttyā jīvati ac .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jāyājīva (जायाजीव):—[from jāyā > jāyamāna] mfn. (yāj) ‘earning a living by his wife’, a dancer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [=jāyā-jīva] [from jāyājīva > jāyā > jāyamāna] cf. [Manu-smṛti viii, 362.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJāyājīva (जायाजीव):—[jāyā+jīva] (vaḥ) 1. m. An actor.
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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 corpusJāyājīva (ಜಾಯಾಜೀವ):—
1) [noun] a man who lives on the earnings of his wife.
2) [noun] a man who acts in dramas, plays movies, etc.; an actor.
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: Jiva, Ajiva, Jaya.
Full-text: Jayajivi, Jayanujivin.
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