Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

jīvana जीवन – life

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

jī́vana ·f. ī causing to live, vivifying; n. life, existence, mode of life; livelihood, subsistence (adj. --° living on); making alive, enlivening; water.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Jīvana, as, ī, am, enlivening, vivifying, giving life; (as), m. a living being, an animal; wind; a son; a kind of drug, = jīvaka; N. of a plant, = kṣudra-phalaka; N. of the author of the work Mānasa-nayana; (ā), f. a kind of medicinal plant; (ī), f., N. of several plants and drugs, = jīvantī, kākolī, a kind of jasmine &c.; (am), n. life, existence, living, livelihood, profession (often at the end of a comp., e. g. mṛga-jīvana, living by hunting); en- livening, making alive; the life-giving element (water); butter made from new milk or milk one day old; mar- row.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

jī́vana (von jīv simpl. u. caus.) 1〉 adj. f. ī belebend, lebengebend ŚAT. BR. 2,3,1,10. vāyu ARJ. 4,51. vidyā MBH. 1,3241. vāpīṃ tāṃ mṛtānāṃ jīvanīm MBH. 8,1420. von der Sonne MBH. 3,152. von Śiva MBH. 13,1236. VOP. 5,1. — 2〉 m. a〉 ein lebendes Wesen WILS. — b〉 Wind RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 Sohn H. an. 3,377. — d〉 ein best. Heilmittel, = jīvaka RĀJAN. — e〉 Name einer Pflanze, = kṣudraphalaka ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ā eine best. Arzeneipflanze, = medā H. an. = jīvantībheda MED. n. 69. — 4〉 f. ī N. verschiedener Pflanzen und Heilmittel von belebender Kraft, = jīvantī u. s. w. AK. 2,4,5,7. H. 1185. H. an. MED. = kākolī, ḍoḍī, medā, mahāmedā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. eine Art Jasmin (yūthī) ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — Verz. d. B. H. No. 1001. — 5〉 n. a〉 das Leben, Existenz MED. ŚAT. BR. 9,5,1,53. PĀR. GṚHY. 2,1. bhavatā viprayuktāyā durlabhaṃ mama jīvanam R. 4,19,19. tajjīvanāya HIT. 18,8. CĀT. 3. dhanaṃ vā jīvanāyālam M. 11,76. jīvo jīvasya jīvane BHĀG. P. 1,13,44. jīvanahetu ein Mittel zur Existenz M. 10,116. ad HIT. PR. 48. jīvanaṃ (cāsmi) sarvabhūteṣu BHAG. 7,9. dāsajīvana der das Leben eines Sclaven führt M. 10,32. jīvanakāraṇa, yatnaḥ jīvanayoniḥ Lebensdrang BHĀṢĀP. 148. BHĀṢĀP. 150. — b〉 das Leben von; Lebensunterhalt, Subsistenzmittel AK. 2,9,1. TRIK. 3,3,240. H. 860. H. an. MED. ayuktamidaṃ yanmitradroheṇa jīvanaṃ kriyate PAÑCAT. 66,6. strīhiṃsauṣadha˚ YĀJÑ. 3,240. kṛṣiḥ śilpaṃ bhṛtirvidyā kusīdaṃ śakaṭaṃ giriḥ . sevārūpaṃ nṛpo bhaikṣamāpattau jīvanāni tu .. YĀJÑ. 42. MBH. 3,13724. tadantaṃ tasya jīvanam (v. l. für jīvitam) HIT. I, 85. Häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. in Verbindung mit dem was Jmd den Lebensunterhalt gewährt: mṛga˚ N. 11,26. N. 11,36. bhāṇḍa˚ MBH. 12,9322. vākya˚ MBH. 13,2573. dharma˚ M. 9,273. deśo nadyambujībanaḥ, vṛṣṭijīvanaḥ eine Gegend, die durch Flusswasser, durch Regen Subsistenzmittel gewährt, H. 955. — c〉 das Beleben, Lebendigmachen: vānara˚ R. 6,105 in der Unterschr. — d〉 das belebende Element, Wasser AK. 1,2,3,3. TRIK. H. 1069. H. an. MED. — e〉 frische Butter ŚABDAC_im_ŚKDR. — f〉 Mark RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. ajīvana.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jīvana 1〉 BHĀG. P. 10,24,8. — 1〉 und zugleich 5〉d〉 tvaṃ (payaḥ) jīvanaṃ dehinām Spr. 3020. — 2〉f〉 N. pr. eines Autors Verz. d. Oxf. H. 245,b,9. — 5〉a〉 Lebensweise TS. 6,1,9,4. nirupadhijīvana adj.; davon nom. abstr. ˚tā f. DHŪRTAS. in LA. 88,15. — 5〉a〉 und zugleich d〉 Spr. 1226. — 5〉b〉 parataḥ prāpya jīvanam Spr. 2108. viduṣāṃ jīvanaṃ mūrkhaḥ Spr. 2901. — 5〉b〉 und zugleich d〉 Spr. 4080. — 5〉c〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,b,1. das Beleben eines Zauberspruches SARVADARŚANAS. 170,10. praṇavāntaritānkṛtvā mantravarṇāñjapetsudhīḥ . mantrārṇasaṃkhyayā taddhi jīvanaṃ saṃpracakṣate .. SARVADARŚANAS. 170,13. fg. — 5〉d〉 RĀJA-TAR. 5,416. BHĀG. P. 10,20,6.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jīvana 5〉a〉 ṚV. 1,48,10. ṚV. 10,161,1. AV. 4,9,1.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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jī́vana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) belebend, Lebend gebend, lebendig machend Chr. 122,6. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *ein lebendes Wesen. — b〉 *Wind. — c〉 *Sohn. — d〉 *Bez. zweier Pflanzen, = jīvaka und kṣudraphalaka. — e〉 N. pr. eines Autors. — 3〉 *f. ā eine best. Heilpflanze. — 4〉 f. ī eine best. Pflanze RĀJAN. 3,25. Nach den Lexicographen = jīvantī, kākolī, ḍoḍī, medā, mahāmedā und yūthī. — 5〉 n. — a〉 das Leben, Existenz. — b〉 Lebensweise. — c〉 das Leben von (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend); Lebensunterhalt, Existenzmittel. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. so v. a. lebend von. vṛṣṭi˚ durch Regen Subsistenzmittel bietend (eine Gegend). — d〉 das Beleben, Lebendig machen Chr. 122,14. Auch das Beleben eines Zauberspruches. — e〉 Wasser Spr. 7617. zugleich in Bed. 5〉c〉. — f〉 *frische Butter. — g〉 *Milch GAL. — h〉 *Mark RĀJAN. 18,69.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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jīvana a. (nī f.) [jīv bhāve lyuṭ] Enlivening, giving life. — naḥ 1 A living being. 2 Wind. 3 A son. 4 The Supreme Being. — naṃ 1 Life, existence; (fig. also); tvamāse mama bhūṣaṇaṃ tvamasi mama jīvanaṃ Gīt. 10. 2 The principle of life, vital energy; Bg. 7. 9. 3 Water; bījānāṃ prabhava namo'stu jīvanāya Ki. 18. 39; or jīvanaṃ jīvanaṃ (life) haṃti prāṇān haṃti samīraṇaḥ Udb. 4 Livelihood, profession, means of existence (fig. also); Ms. 11. 77; viduṣāṃ jīvanaṃ mūrkhaḥ H. 3. 33. 5 Butter made from milk one day old. 6 Marrow. 7 Enlivening, making alive. Comp. — aṃtaḥ death. — āghātaṃ poison. — āvāsaḥ 1 ‘residing in water’, epithet of Varuṇa, the regent of water. 2 the body. — upāyaḥ livelihood. — oṣadhaṃ 1 elixir of life. 2 a lifegiving medicine.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jī́vana f. ī lebendig machend, belebend; n. das Lebendigmachen, Beleben, das Leben; Existenz, Lebensunterhalt durch (Instr. o. —˚), Lebensweise.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

jīvana jīvana a. (sfx. ana) vivifiant. — S. m. animal vivant. être vivant, en gén. Fils. Odina wodier, plante textile appelée jiuli. la jute. — F. jivanā moelle. — F. jīvanī jasmin. — N. jīvana vie, existence; moyens d'existence, profession. Eau. Beurre de lait nouveau. jīvanaka m. aliment, en gén. Riz bouilli. jīvanāghāla n. (ā; han) poison. jīvanāvāsa m. (ā; vas) Varuṇa, qui habite les eaux.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 4.31-4.36: Mahāmudrā-Wirkung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.81-4.90: Bindu-Bewahrung 1 occurrence

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