Jiv, Jīv: 9 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jīv (जीव्).—1 P. (jīvati, jīvita)

1) To live, be alive; यस्मिञ् जीवति जीवन्ति बहवः सोऽत्र जीवति (yasmiñ jīvati jīvanti bahavaḥ so'tra jīvati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.23; मा जीवन् यः परावज्ञादुःखदग्धोऽपि जीवति (mā jīvan yaḥ parāvajñāduḥkhadagdho'pi jīvati) Śiśupālavadha 2.45; Manusmṛti 2.235.

2) To revive, come to life.

3) To live by, subsist on, make a livelihood by (with instr,); सत्यानृतं तु वाणिज्यं तेन चैवापि जीव्यते (satyānṛtaṃ tu vāṇijyaṃ tena caivāpi jīvyate) Manusmṛti 4.6; विपणेन च जीवन्तः (vipaṇena ca jīvantaḥ) 3.152,162; 11.26; sometimes used with a cognate accusative in this sense; अजिह्मामशठां शुद्धां जीवेद् ब्राह्मणजीविकाम् (ajihmāmaśaṭhāṃ śuddhāṃ jīved brāhmaṇajīvikām) Manusmṛti 4.11.

4) (Fig.) To live or prey upon, depend upon as one's source of existence (with loc.); चौराः प्रमत्ते जीवन्ति व्याधितेषु चिकित्सकाः । प्रमदाः कामयानेषु यजमानेषु याचकाः ॥ राजा विवदमानेषु नित्यं मूर्खेषु पण्डिताः (caurāḥ pramatte jīvanti vyādhiteṣu cikitsakāḥ | pramadāḥ kāmayāneṣu yajamāneṣu yācakāḥ || rājā vivadamāneṣu nityaṃ mūrkheṣu paṇḍitāḥ) Mb. -Caus.

1) To restore to life.

2) To nourish, nurture, bring up.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jiv (जिव्).—[(i) jivi] r. 1st cl. (jinvati) 1. To please, to delight or charm. 2. To be pleased, or charmed. 3. To loose. bhvā0 pa0 saka0 seṭ idit .

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Jīv (जीव्).—[(ṛ) jīvṛ] r. 1st cl. (jīvati) To live. With āṅ To use or enjoy, to get a living. With upa, To be dependent on for a living. With saṃ or pra To live agreeably. bhvā0 aka0 pa0 seṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jīv (जीव्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 1, 5913). 1. To live, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 235. 2. To return to life, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 6, 51. 3. To maintain one’s self, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 112; with the instr. 3, 152; with the loc. Mahābhārata 5, 1059. Comp. ptcple. of the pres. a-jīvant, Unable to subsist, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 81. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. jīvita, 1. Living, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 12, 75. 2. Revived, [Pañcatantra] 221, 8. 3. Enlivened, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 66, 24. n. 1. Life, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 45. 2. Livelihood, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 85. Comp. A-, n. death. An-apekṣita- (vb. īkṣ), adj. regardless of life, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 18, 374. Sa-, adj. still living, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 58. Hata- (vb. han), I. adj. desponding. Ii. n. despair.

— Ptcple. of the fut. pass. I. jīvya, n. Life, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 14376. Ii. jīvitavya, n. 1. Possibility of living, [Pañcatantra] 76, 13. 2. Life, [Pañcatantra] 221, 6. Iii. jīvanīya, n. Epithet of milk; perhaps, Just milked, still warm, [Suśruta] 1, 175, 14.

— [Causal.] I. jīvaya (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 3, 16230), 1. To revive, Mahābhārata 1, 1995. 2. To let live, Mahābhārata 3, 870. 3. To bring up, Mahābhārata 1, 6152. Ii. jīvāpaya, To revive, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 18, 8.

— Desid. jijīviṣa, 1. To wish to live, Mahābhārata 4, 615. 2. To gain one’s livelihood, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 121.

— With the prep. anu anu, To imitate the life of (with the acc.), [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 19, 15. 2. To live in conformance with, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 5, 7. 3. To live for (with the acc.) Mahābhārata 8, 3388. 4. To maintain one’s self by (with the acc.) [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 2, 35. [Causal.] jīvaya, To revive, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 187, 9.

— With ā ā, 1. To maintain one’s self by (with the acc.), Mahābhārata 5, 4536. 2. To use, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 67.

— With ud ud, To return to life, Mahābhārata 12, 5675.

— With abhyud abhi-ud, To live as chief, Mahābhārata 5, 4538.

— With pratyud prati-ud, To return to life, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 10, 97. [Causal.] To revive, [Pañcatantra] 244, 2.

— With upa upa, 1. To maintain one’s self by (with the acc.), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 105. 2. To apply to one’s own use, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 52. 3. To gain, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 200. 4. To practise, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 7, 13, 7. upajīvya, That by which one maintains one’s self, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 227. n. Livelihood, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 37, 25.

— With vi vi, To return to life, Mahābhārata 1, 2002.

— With sam sam, 1. To live, Mahābhārata 3, 3054. 2. To return to life, [Draupadīpramātha] 9, 4. [Causal.] jīvaya, 1. To animate, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 57. 2. To revive, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 51, 20. 3. To preserve, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 2, 28.

— With pratisam prati-sam, To return to life, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 28, 16.

— Cf. (= jīvatha), etc.; [Latin] vivc; [Gothic.] quivs; [Anglo-Saxon.] cwic; [Gothic.] ga-quivjan, etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jīv (जीव्).—jīvati (jīvate), [participle] jīvita (q.v.) live, revive (±punar), subsist on ([instrumental]). Imper. jīva (±ciram) may you live (long)! [Causative] jīvayati (te) make or keep alive, nourish, bring up; wish a [person or personal] to live (by calling jīva). [Desiderative] jijīviṣati (te) or jujyūṣati wish to live, seek a livelihood by ([instrumental]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jīv (जीव्):—[class] 1. jīvati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada]; [subjunctive] vāti, [Ṛg-veda x, 85, 39; Atharva-veda]; vāt, [Ṛg-veda i, 84, 16]; p. jīvat; [Aorist] ajivīt; jīvīt, [Atharva-veda]; [perfect tense] jijīva; [future] jīviṣyati; Prec. vyāsam, vyāsma, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [infinitive mood] jīvitum, [xiv; Mahābhārata] etc.; [Vedic or Veda] vāse, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Mahābhārata i, 732]; jīvitavai, [Atharva-veda vi, 109, 1])

—to live, be or remain alive, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;

—to revive, [Pañcatantra iv, 5, 0/1; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 6, 51];—(with punar), [Mahābhārata];

—to live by ([instrumental case]; exceptionally [locative case], [v, 1059f.]), [Manu-smṛti; Pāṇini 4-4, 12; Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] jīvayati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada]; [Aorist] ajījivat or ajijīv, [Pāṇini 7-4, 3])

—to make alive, restore to life, vivify, [Ṛg-veda x, 137, 1; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra vi, 9; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to support life, keep alive, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to nourish, bring up, [i, xiii; Kathāsaritsāgara iii, 17 f.; Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 72];

—to shout ‘jīva’ (id est. long live!), [Kathāsaritsāgara cxxiv, 113];

— jīvāpayati (cf. pita) to restore to life, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā ii, 9/10] :

—[Desiderative] jijīviṣati ([Ātmanepada] [Bhāgavata-purāṇa xi, 7, 70]) to wish to live, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xxii; Lāṭyāyana viii; ĪśUp.; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to seek a livelihood, wish to live by ([instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti x, 121; Mahābhārata v, 702];—jujyūṣati idem, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii, 2, 4, 16 and 5, 3, 11];—cf. jijyūṣita;

2) cf. [Latin] vivo; [Lithuanian] gIvēnu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jiv (जिव्):—(i) jimbati 1. a. To please or be pleased; to loose.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Jīv (जीव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jia, Jīva.

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