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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry जीवित

  1. जीवितjīvitap. p.Living, existent, alive; R.12.75.

    [जीव् कर्तरि क्त]

    1. Living, existent, alive; R.12.75.
    2. Returned to life, revived.
    3. Animated, enlivened.
    4. Lived through (as a period).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तम्

      1. Life, existence; त्वं जीवितं त्वमसि मे हृदयं द्वितीयम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.26; कन्येयं कुलजीवितम् Ku.6.63; Me.83; नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम् Ms.6.45;7.111.
      2. Duration of life.
      3. Livelihood.
      4. A living being.
    • -अन्तकः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -आशा hope of life, love of life. नहि नहि तत्र धनाशा जीवित आशाऽपि दुस्सहो भवति Subhāṣ.

    • -ईशः

      1. a lover, husband.
      2. an epithet of Yama; जीवितेषवसतिं जगाम सा R.11.2 (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.
    • -ईश्वरः Śiva.

    • -कालः duration of life.

    • -ज्ञा an artery.

    • -नाथः a husband.

    • -व्ययः sacrifice of life.

    • -संशयः risk of life, jeopardy, danger to life; स आतुरो जीवितसंशये वर्तते 'he is dangerously ill'; Bv.2.2.

    In the Gita1·32

    किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ।

    kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogairjīvitena vā, — What is kingdom to us, O Govinda, what enjoyment, what even life? Those kinsmen for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures are… 1·32
    • जीवितेनjīvitenainstrumental singular of the neuter noun jīvita (life).

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Headwords under ज

Part 3 of 5 जानि – जीवितAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्