Sanjivana, Sañjīvana, Samjivana: 8 definitions
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Sanjivana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysañjīvana : (adj.) reviving.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySañjīvana, (adj.) (fr. saṃ+jīv) reviving ThA. 181 (Ap. V, 23: putta°). (Page 670)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysañjīvana (संजीवन).—n (S) Revival, re-animation, resuscitation. 2 Anything by which resuscitation is effected; as a mantra, an elixir &c. Ex. jñānadēvā pramāṇa nivṛttīcēṃ jñāna || samādhī saṃ0 haripāṭha ||. saṃ0 hōṇēṃ To become alive, to get life.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsañjīvana (संजीवन).—n Revival, resuscitation. Any- thing by which resuscitation is effected; as a mantra an elixir.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySañjīvana (सञ्जीवन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Animating, bringing to life. 2. A cluster of four houses. 3. One of the twenty-one hells. f. (-nī) A kind of elixir. E. sam together, jīv to live, lyuṭ or yuc aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySañjīvana (सञ्जीवन):—(naṃ) n. Animating, bringing to life; a cluster of four houses; a hill. (naḥ-nī-naṃ) a. Reviving.
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 corpusSaṃjīvana (ಸಂಜೀವನ):—
1) [noun] = ಸಂಜೀವ [samjiva]2 - 2.
2) [noun] a medicine or medical substance which is supposed bring back a dead person to life.
3) [noun] anything that gives vigour, fills with energy; an invigorating agent.
4) [noun] (myth.) name of a hell.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySañjīvana (सञ्जीवन):—n. bringing back to life; life restoring; reanimating; revival;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cancivanai, Cancivanam, Samjivanayoga, Sanjivanamani.
Ends with: Mritasamjivana, Pretasanjivana.
Full-text: Samjivana, Mritasamjivana, Balasamjivana, Madanasamjivana, Sanjavana, Mritasamjivani, Cancivanam, Madanasamjivani, Samjivanshadhi, Samjiva, Oshadhi, Samjivin, Pretasanjivana, Naraka.
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