jiva

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jiva

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Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīva). Doublet of quick.

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Hinduism, Jainism, uncountable All living beings; the essence or soul of such beings. 1886, Nandalal Dhole (translator), Mādhava [Mādhavācharya], A Hand Book of Hindu Pantheism: The Panchadasi, Heeralal Dhole, page 209, Though in the Panchadasi, Vidyarana Swami mentions Jiva to be a reflection in the internal organ, and as that internal organ is not present in the profound slumbering

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@misc{jiva_2026,
  title = {jiva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jiva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}