jīvikā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [jīv akan ata itvaṃ] 1 Means of living, livelihood. --2 The life-giving element, i. e. water.

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Appears in 19 texts

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[jīv akan ata itvaṃ] 1 Means of living, livelihood. --2 The life-giving element, i. e. water.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

35

Texts Appeared In

12

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 16 45.7%
2. Aṣṭādhyāyī 4 11.4%
3. Parāśarasmṛtiṭīkā 3 8.6%
4. Sāmavidhānabrāhmaṇa 3 8.6%
5. Viṣṇupurāṇa 2 5.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: jīvikayā

  vṛkṣajīvikayā jīvan vyarthaṃ bhastreva yaḥ śvasan

• Mahābhārata surface: jīvikām

  nirvāṇaṃ nādhigaccheyur jīveyuḥ paśujīvikām

• Mahābhārata surface: jīvikām

  kaccid rājan na nirvedād āpannaḥ klībajīvikām