ajīva

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[apte] a. [na. ba.] Devoid of life; lifeless, as a jar or a dead person. --vaḥ [na. ta.] 1 Non-existence, death. --2 (With Jainas) All that is not a living soul, i. e. the whole of jaḍa or inani- mate and unsentient substance (opp. jīva).

[mw] mfn. lifeless. 001434 10,2 2183 mfn. not living, destitute of a livelihood Mn. 001435 10,2 2184 mfn. destitute of a livelihood AV. 001436 10,2 2185 f. non-existence, death 10,2 2186

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a. [na. ba.] Devoid of life; lifeless, as a jar or a dead person. --vaḥ [na. ta.] 1 Non-existence, death. --2 (With Jainas) All that is not a living soul, i. e. the whole of jaḍa...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

21

Texts Appeared In

13

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Arthaśāstra 5 23.8%
2. Mahābhārata 4 19.0%
3. Viṣṇupurāṇa 2 9.5%
4. Aṣṭāvakragīta 1 4.8%
5. Āpastambadharmasūtra 1 4.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Parāśarasmṛtiṭīkā surface: ājīvaḥ

  vyādho mṛgavadhājīvaḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: ājīvāḥ

  andhāśca sarve sthavirāstathaiva hastājīvā bahavo ye 'tra santi

• Kūrmapurāṇa surface: ājīvaḥ

  kārukarma tathājīvaḥ pākayajño 'pi dharmataḥ