Apte Dictionary

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 जीव्

जीव्jīvTo restore to life.
1. To restore to life.
2. To nourish, nurture, bring up.
Derived forms and compounds
- जीव् jīv
  
  1 Parasmaipada (जीवति, जीवित)
  
  To live, be alive; यस्मिञ् जीवति जीवन्ति बहवः सोऽत्र जीवति Pt.1.23; मा जीवन् यः परावज्ञादुःखदग्धोऽपि जीवति Śi.2.45; Ms.2.235.
  
  To revive, come to life.
  
  To live by, subsist on, make a livelihood by (with instr,); सत्यानृतं तु वाणिज्यं तेन चैवापि जीव्यते Ms.4.6; विपणेन च जीवन्तः 3.152,162; 11.26; sometimes used with a cognate accusative in this sense; अजिह्मामशठां शुद्धां जीवेद् ब्राह्मणजीविकाम् Ms.4.11.
  
  (Fig.) To live or prey upon, depend upon as one's source of existence (with Locative); चौराः प्रमत्ते जीवन्ति व्याधितेषु चिकित्सकाः । प्रमदाः कामयानेषु यजमानेषु याचकाः ॥ राजा विवदमानेषु नित्यं मूर्खेषु पण्डिताः Mb. -Causal
In the Gita3·16

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥

aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati. — He who follows not here the wheel thus set in movement, evil is his being, sensual is his delight, in vain, O Partha, that man lives. 3·16
- जीवतिjīvatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root jīv (to live).
Source: ApteSearch all dictionaries Analyse the word

Browse by letter

Headwords under ज

Part 3 of 5 जानि – जीवितAll parts