Mayajivin, Māyājīvin, Maya-jivin: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māyājīvin (मायाजीविन्).—m.) a conjurer, juggler.

Māyājīvin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māyā and jīvin (जीविन्). See also (synonyms): māyākāra, māyākṛt.

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

Māyājīvin (मायाजीविन्).—m. (-vī) A conjurer, a juggler. E. māyā trick, and jīvin who lives by.

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

Māyājīvin (मायाजीविन्):—[=māyā-jīvin] [from māyā > māya] m. ‘living by illusion’, a conjurer, juggler, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Māyājīvin (मायाजीविन्):—[māyā+jīvin] (vī) 5. m. A conjurer.

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Mayajivin in German

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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.

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