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Results for अजीव

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अजीवajīvaa.Devoid of life; lifeless, as a jar or a dead person.

    [न. ब.]

    Devoid of life; lifeless, as a jar or a dead person.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -वः

      1. न. त.
      2. Non-existence, death.
      3. (With Jainas) All that is not a living soul, id est, that is the whole of जड or inanimate and unsentient substance (Opposite of जीव).
  2. अजीवनajīvanaa.Devoid of livelihood.

    [न. ब.]

    Devoid of livelihood.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम् Nonexistence, death.

  3. अजीवनिajīvanif.Death, non-existence (used as an imprecation); अजीवनिस्ते शठ भूयात् Sk. may death seize thee, rogue ! mayest…

    [न-जीव्-अनि ParasmaipadaIII.3 112]

    Death, non-existence (used as an imprecation); अजीवनिस्ते शठ भूयात् Sk. may death seize thee, rogue ! mayest thou cease to live ! Compare also अभावे भवतां योऽस्मिन् जीवेत्तस्यास्त्व- जीवनिः । B.7.77.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अजीवajīva[a-gîva] a. lifeless.

    [a-gîva] adjective lifeless.

  2. अजीवत्ajīvat[a-gîvat] pr. pt. not living; unable to maintain oneself.

    [a-gîvat] present participle not living; unable to maintain oneself.

  3. अजीवितajīvita[a-gîvita] n. not living, death.

    [a-gîvita] neuter not living, death.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अजीवajīvamfn. lifeless.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective lifeless.

  2. अजीवत्ajīvatmfn. not living, destitute of a livelihood Mn.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not living, destitute of a livelihood Mn.

  3. अजीवनajīvanamfn. destitute of a livelihood AV.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective destitute of a livelihood AV.

  4. अजीवनिajīvanif. non-existence, death
    1. feminine non-existence, death
    2. feminine अजीवन्/इस् तस्य भूयात्, "may death befall him!" Pa1n2. 3-3, 112 Scholiast or Commentator