Jiya, Jiyā, Jī yá, Ji ya, Jī yā, Jǐ yā, Jì yā, Jì yá, Jǐ yà: 13 definitions

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Jiya means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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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Pali-English dictionary

jiyā : (f.) a bow string.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Jiyā, (f.) (Vedic jyā=Gr. biόs bow, cp. also Lat. filum thread) a bow string M. I, 429 (five kinds); J. II, 88; III, 323; Vism. 150; DA. I, 207. —kāra bowstring-maker Miln. 331. (Page 284)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) jiya (ဇိယ) [(kri,vi) (ကြိ၊ဝိ)]—
[ji+tvā.tvā- ya-pru.]
[ဇိ+တွာ။ တွာ-ကို ယ-ပြု။]

2) jiyā (ဇိယာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[jara+a+ā.jara vayohānimhi,a,jiyādeso.,ṭī.388.(jyā-saṃ)]
[ဇရ+အ+အာ။ ဇရ ဝယောဟာနိမှိ၊ အ၊ ဇိယာဒေသော။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃၈၈။(ဇျာ-သံ)]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) jiya—

(Burmese text): အောင်-နိုင်-၍။

(Auto-Translation): To succeed.

2) jiyā—

(Burmese text): လေးညှို့၊ လေးကြိုး။

(Auto-Translation): Four stars, four strings.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Jīya (ಜೀಯ):—

1) [noun] an owner of a slave; an employer of workers or servants; a master; a boss.

2) [noun] a term used to convey the sense of agreement, consent, affirmation to one’s master, elder, etc.; (equivalent to English words 'yeś 'okay', etc.).

3) [noun] a speech lauding, praising another.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Nepali dictionary

Jiya (जिय):—n. body; all bodily organs;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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