Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

jīvita जीवित – life

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 adjective

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jīvitá ·a. lived, living, alive, restored to life; n. living creature, life, subistence.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Jīvita, as, ā, am, lived, lived through (as a period of time), living, alive, existent; revivified, returned to life; animated, enlivened; (am), n. a living being; living, life, existence; duration of life; livelihood, means of existence; [cf. Lith. gywata; Slav. schi- vot; Lat. vita for vivita.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

jīvitá (partic. von jīv simpl. u. caus.) 1〉 adj. a〉 lebend: prāgmatvā satyamasyāntaṃ jīvitāsmi lajjitā RAGH. 12,75. — b〉 wieder aufgelebt: yaḥ sahaiva mṛtaḥ so 'pi jīvitaḥ VET. 18,17. vāksamameva ca brāhmaṇī jīvitā sā PAÑCAT. 221,8. — c〉 belebt, lebendig gemacht: yenāhaṃ jīvitā R. 5,66,24. BHĀG. P. 8,15,3. — 2〉 n. a〉 ein lebendes Wesen: visàdṛśā jīvi̱tā ṚV. 1,113,6. — b〉 das Leben H. 1367. AV. 6,134,1. ŚAT. BR. 14,5,4,2. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,3,3. jīvitavijñāna KAUŚ. 15. GOBH. 1,3,16. jīvitamaraṇe du. SUŚR. 1,18,19. SUŚR. 1,114,19. nābhinandeta maraṇaṃ nābhinandeta jīvitam M. 6,45. so 'cirādbhraśyate rājyājjīvitācca M. 7,111. jīvitātyayamāpannaḥ M. 10,104. ciraṃ jīvitaṃ devadattasya (devadattāya) P. 2,3,73, Sch. evaṃ te jīvitaṃ dadyām DRAUP. 9,11. utkrānta˚ MBH. 1,1492. tyakṣyati jīvitam R. 4,55,15. tyaktajīvitayodhin N. 2,16. durātmanāṃ jīvitacchit MBH. 5,1809. nāsikāntaprāpta˚ bei dem das Leben nur am Nasenende noch hängt PAÑCAT. 70,12. anapekṣitajīvitā f. VID. 306. ˚priya so lieb wie das Leben AMAR. 31. etadeva hi me ratnametadeva hi me dhanam . etadeva hi sarvasvametadeva hi jīvitam .. R. 1,53,23. kanyeyaṃ kulajīvitam KUMĀRAS. 6,63. tām — jīvitaṃ me dvitīyam MEGH. 81. — c〉 Lebensdauer: tridvyekapalya˚ H. 132. — d〉 Lebensunterhalt, Mittel zur Existenz HIT. I, 85 (v. l. jīvana). — Vgl. ajīvita.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jīvita 1〉b〉 mit punar dass.: na punarjīvitaḥ kaścitkāladharmamupāgataḥ Spr. 4316. — 2〉b〉 jīvitākāṅkṣin am Leben zu bleiben verlangend MBH. 12,4295. prāptajīvitā adj. KATHĀS. 72,144.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

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jīvitá — 1〉 Adj. s. u. jīv Simpl. und Caus. — 2〉 n. — a〉 ein lebendes Wesen. — b〉 das Leben. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — c〉 Lebensdauer. — d〉 Lebensunterhalt, Mittel zur Existenz. jīvana v. l.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

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jīvita p. p. [jīv-kartari kta] 1 Living, existent, alive; R. 12. 75. 2 Returned to life, revived. 3 Animated, enlivened. 4 Lived through (as a period). — taṃ 1 Life, ([Page 0516-b]) existence; tvaṃ jīvitaṃ tvamasi me hṛdaya dvitīyaṃ U. 3. 26; kanyeyaṃ kulajīvitaṃ Ku. 6. 63; Me. 83; nābhinaṃdeta maraṇaṃ nabhinaṃdeta jīvitaṃ Ms. 6. 45; Ms. 7. 111. 2 Duration of life. 3 Livelihood. 4 A living being. Comp. — aṃtakaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — āśā hope of life, love of life. — īśaḥ 1 a lover, husband. 2 an epithet of Yama; jīviteśavasatiṃ jagāma sā R. 11. 20 (where the word is used in sense 1 also). 3 the sun. 4 the moon. 5 a drug which is said to revive the dead. — īśvaraḥ Śiva. — kālaḥ duration of life. — jñā an artery. — nāthaḥ a husband. — vyayaḥ sacrifice of life. — saṃśayaḥ risk of life, jeopardy, danger to life; sa āturo jīvitasaṃśaye vartate ‘he is dangerously ill’; Bv. 2. 20.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jīvitá (s. jīv) n. das Lebewesen; Leben, Lebensweise, -dauer,, -mittel.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

jīvita jīvita pp. de jīv. — A. vivant. — S. n. la vie. Slav. schivot; lat. vita [pour vivita]. jīvitepsu a. (īps dés. de āp) qui désire la vie. jīvitepsu a. (īc) qui est maître de la vie de qqn. ou de tous les vivants. — S. m. Yama, dieu de la mort. Le Soleil; la Lune [principes de vie sur la terre]. Epoux, amant [auxquels une femme soumet sa vie]. Sorte de médicament.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

HP 4 occurrences
HP 2.1-2.6: Introduction to Prāṇāyāma 1 occurrence

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HP 3.79-3.86*1: Vajrolī 2 occurrences

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.24–25*2: Karṣaka and Sahaja 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.94-5.101: Mūlādhāra-Siddhis 1 occurrence

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