ājīva आजीव – sustains life; that which gives life

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ājīva ·m. °vana n., (°vikā f.*) livelihood, subsistence.

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Ā-jīva, as, m. livelihood, subsistence; a Jaina beggar.

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ājīva (von jīv mit ā) m. Lebensunterhalt AK. 2,9,1. H. 865. ājīvaḥ sarvabhūtānām MBH. 14,956. MBH. 14,1432. svājīva guten Lebensunterhalt gewährend R. 2,56,13,a. sarvājīva von dem Alle leben ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,6. stryājīva ein Lebensunterhalt durch die Frau M. 11,63. śastrājīva Soldat AK. 2,8,2,35. — Vgl. ajājīva.

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ājīva ein Jaina-Bettler HALĀY. 2,190.

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ājīva m. — 1〉 Lebensunterhalt. — 2〉 *ein buddh. oder Jaina-Bettler.

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ājīva 2〉 nach KERN eine Art von Mönchen, aber kein buddhistischer und auch kein Jaina-Mönch. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

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ājīva I. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

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ājīvaḥ, -vanaṃ 1 Livelihood, subsistence, maintenance; bhavatyājīvanaṃ tasmāt Pt. 1. 48; cf. words like rūpājīva, ajājīva, śastrājīva, stryājīva &c.; ājīvanārthaḥ Ms. 10. 79 means of livelihood. 2 Profession, the means of maintaining oneself; viśuddha idānīmājīvaḥ Ś. 6. — vaḥ A Jaina beggar.

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ājīva m., ˚na n. Lebensunterhalt.

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ājīva ājīva m. et ājivana n. (jīv) vivres; nécessités de la vie. Manière de vivre, régime. Profession, métier. ājīvika a. qui vit de charités, ép. de certains religieux.