JīvāJīvanti

Daughter of Ubbirī, whose tragic death spurred Ubbirī overcome her attachment. Thig.51

1. a living thing, any living being.
2. the principle of life; vital breath; an individual living being experiencing entity within the physical body.
3. life.

Jīva: life, vital principle, individual soul. ‘Soul life and body are identical’ and ‘Soul and body are different’, these two frequently quoted…

…E. quick, Lith. gyvas

Jīva²

neuter the note of the jīvaka bird Sum. V. on DN.iii.201.

…as having discovered Jīvaka Komārabhacca lying on a dung-heap (cast there by the orders of his mother, the courtesan Sālavatī), and…

…persuasions of his physician Jīvaka Komārabhacca. And when in the end he did go to the Buddha, it was in great fear and trembling; so nervous was…

…able to meet on the way the Ajīvaka Upaka.

Benares was an important centre of trade and industry. There was direct trade between there and…

…sent Kāka in pursuit, but Jīvaka gave Kāka a purgative and so delayed his return until the medicine had taken effect on the king. Later, when…

…and from there to Jīvaka’s Ambavana, where Jīvaka attended him. After this event, the monks wished the Buddha to have a guard, but…

…of whom were Vidhura and Sañjīva; when that effort failed owing to the thoughts of goodwill, pity, sympathy and equanimity, developed by the…

…Nikāya. AN.iv.222f.

At Jīvaka’s request, the Buddha enjoined upon monks to take exercise; Jīvaka had gone to Vesāli on business and had…

…in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed…

…were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and…

…the “pure white class” in the six classes of the Ajīvakas. AN.iii.384

…to eat anything offered by Jīvaka.

Kāka came upon the physician at Kosambī having his breakfast. Jīvaka invited him to eat, but he refused….

…who sent a robe to Jīvaka. Even at this time, however, the memory of Kāsi as an independent kingdom seems to have been still fresh in…

…and from there to the Jīvakambavana, where he was treated by Jīvaka. Vin.ii.193f. It is said SN.i.27f. that seven hundred devas of the…

…to Kusināra he met an Ājīvaka carrying in his hand a mandārava flower picked up by him from among those which had rained from heaven in…

…followers are known as the Ājīvakas.

The Buddha considered Makkhali as the most dangerous of the heretical teachers— “I know not of any other…

…his own personal physician, Jīvaka.

In Māgadha was the real birth of Buddhism (see, e.g., the words put in the mouth of Sahampati: *pātur ahosi…

Nanda¹Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …

…of the four gave to the Ājīvakas their specific name as a separate sect. The Paribbājakas claimed to be identical with the followers of the…

An Ājīvaka. He came of a wagon building stock of bygone days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day,…

…and Kassapasīhanāda, Jīvaka, Mahāsakuladāyī, and Sakkapañha.

Many of the Vinaya rules were enacted at Rājagaha. Just before his…

…robes and entered the village for alms; hence his name, Sañjīva, the “Survivor”. MN.i.333

…which was called Siveyyaka. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. These robes Jīvaka…

…bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how in Jīvakambavana, a libertine, in the prime of…

…but in the end allowed Jīvaka to attend on his wife. Jīvaka cured her by the administration of ghee through the nose, and, as reward,…

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

…in the Sivi country. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. These robes Jīvaka gave…

…as the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.

Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in Rawalpindi in the…

…the death of her daughter, Jīva, and reflecting that thousands of her daughters must likewise have died in previous lives. Thus she became…

Upaka¹

An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …

…a follower of the Ājīvakas. He went late, and finding no room left for him, made a junior monk get up and give him his seat. There was a…

…but finding that Yodhājīva insisted, explained to him that fighting men were reborn after death either in the Sārājita niraya or among…

…MN.i.483 that far from any Ājīvaka having put an end to sorrow, the Buddha could recall only one Ājīvaka during ninety-nine kappas who had even…

életmód, megélhetés

providing a livelihood.

fit for the communal life

captures, takes alive.

captures, takes alive.

the name of a bird, a sort of a pheasant (or partridge)

the world of living beings.

(~ā ~ī)n. of jīvati

of jīvati

lives, is alive; remains alive; lives by.

, impers. of jīvati

of jīvati

lives upon, supports oneself by, makes a living from (+ acc.; occasionally + instr.); is dependent on, serves; makes use of.

livelihood; way of living; means of subsistence.

naked ascetic (belonging to the community founded by Makkhali Gosāla)

(from ājīvaka) a female naked ascetic.

make a living; lives by.

…paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.

…livelihood sammā - ājīva 6 right or wrong energy viriya 7 right or wrong awareness or mindfulness sati 8 right or wrong concentration…

…paramattha, puggala, jīva, satta.*

A commentarial treatise on;The Meaning of the Word ‘Tathāgata’is included in The…

Ājīva: ‘livelihood=job=profession=way-of-living’. About right and wrong livelihood., see: sacca IV. 5 and micchā-magga 5.

Ājīva-pārisuddhi-sīla: ‘morality consisting in purification of livelihood’, is one of the 4 kinds of perfect morality; see: sīla

adjective belonging to one’s livehood, forming one’s living Vin.i.187 (sippa).

abhi + jīvana + ika

the higher, moral, code Vin.v.1 (pāṭim˚ +); MN.ii.245 (+ ajjhājīva).

adhi + pāṭimokkha

too rigorous or strenuous a livelihood MN.ii.245 (+ adhipāṭimokkha).

adhi (ati?) + ā + jīv

…clear Iti.107.

• -sājīva one who is thoroughly fit to associate with his fellow AN.iii.81. *…

Anojaka = anojā

Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161, where classed with yodhikā bandhujīvakā).

Anojaka = anojā

Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161, where classed with yodhikā bandhujīvakā).

…tassânubhāvena jīvitaṃ laddhaṃ (Comm.)
pp anujīvata (q.v.).

anu + jīvati

adjective noun living upon, another, dependent; a follower, a dependant AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; Ja.iii.485; Dāvs v.43.

fr. anujīvati

living (after), living, livelihood, subsistence, life Snp.836 (= jīvitaṃ Snp-a.545).

pp. of anujīvati

…Cp. ātuman, tuma puggala, jīva, satta, pāṇa and nāma-rūpa. 2. Oneself, himself, yourself. Nom. attā, very rare. SN.i.71, SN.i.169;…

…different from aññaṃ jīvaṃ. aññaṃ sarīraṃ one is the soul… the other is the body i.e. the soul is different from the body…

…matakukkuṭe aṭṭha jīva-k. gahetvā (with 8 dead & 8 live cocks; eight instead of 2 because gift intended for a king) Dhp-a.i.213….

…-ājīva living in abundance (opp. lūkh’ ājīvin) DN.iii.44, DN.iii.47.

usually -˚, as ˚-only in cpd….

the plant Pentapetes phoenicea MN.ii.14 (˚puppha); DN.ii.111 (id.) Ja.iv.279; Vism.174; Dhs-a.14; Vv-a.43, Vv-a.161.

cp. Class. Sk. bandhujīva

…cp. C. bandhujīvaka puppha; although Sk. bandhūka is given as syn. of bandhujīva at Halāyudha 2, 53). 2. in bandhukaroga…

…-ājīva without subsistence, one who has little means to live on, one who leads a poor mode of living Mil.229 sq. (opp….

…pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ,…

…navanga); 4 nissatte (-nijjīvate), to cosmic (non-animistic) law
■ No. 1 is referred to freq in explains of the term, e.g. dhammiko ti…

…sīla˚, ācāra˚, d.˚, ājīva˚; opp. ˚sampadā Vin.v.98; DN.iii.213; AN.i.95, AN.i.268; Pp.21; Dhs.1362; Vb.361…

…to study ar.) DN.i.11 (expl. DN-a.i.95 by acchiddaka-gaṇanā); MN.i.85 MN.iii.1 (˚ājīva); DN-a.i.157. -gaṇana-patha (time-)…

…of a plant Vv.35#4 (= bandhujīvaka Vv-a.161).

• -ādhāna the putting on of a shaft or stem, as a bolt or bar Vin.ii.172;…

… 2. (med-pass.) taken: jīvagāha taken alive, in ˚ṃ gaheti to take (prisoner) alive SN.i.84 karamaragāhaṃ gaheti same Ja.iii.361 (see…

…of life ekindriyaṃ jīvaṃ Vin.iii.156; Mil.259. heart or seat of feeling in phrase ˚āni paricāreti to satisfy one’s heart Pv-a.16,…

…p. 318); Snp.617 (˚ṃ upajīvati = āvudha jīvikaṃ Snp-a.466); Ja.vi.81 Sdhp.390. 2. (m.) an archer Mil.250, Mil.305, Mil.352, Mil.418.

cp….

…ajīrakena by want or lack of digestion Ja.ii.181. See ajīraka.

Vedic jīra, lively, alert, cp. jīvati & Gr.; διερός, Lat….

adjective = jīva, in bandhu˚; Name of a plant Vv-a.43
■ f. -ikā q.v. Jivam-jivaka

adjective living, alive Vism.194.

ppr. med. of jīvati + ka

living, means of subsistence, livelihood Pv-a.161. Spelt jīvāna (variant reading jīvino) (adj.) at Ja.iii.353 (yācana˚).

…Snp.432; ppr. med. jīvamāna Ja.i.307; Pv-a.39
inf jīvituṃ Ja.i.263; Dhp.123
■ Snp.84 sq., Snp.613 sq.,…

…he goes with life“? or “he goes like the j bird”?).

Fausböll reads jīvajīvaka in all the Jātaka passages. Speyer Avs.ii.227 has…

…(c. ger by) Ja.ii.167. Cp. next.

abstr. fr. jīvaka

…jīvita, orig. pp. of jīvati “that which is lived,” cp. same formation in Lat. vīta = *vīvita; Gr.βιότη living, sustenace, &…

…yo hi koci gorakkhaṃ upajīvati kassako so na brāhmano (whoever-he) Snp.612. See also kad˚.

Sk. kaḥ, Idg. *qṷo besides *qui (see…

…of doings enum. under micchājīva DN.i.12 (santikamma, paṇidhi˚, etc.); tassa kammassa katattā through (the performance of) that deed…

…of infants (see note on Vin.i.269 at Vin. Texts ii.174). As such it is the cognomen of Jīvaka DN.i.47 (as Komārabhacca DN-a.i.132); Vin.i.71;…

…s-kammanta, s-ājīva, viriya, sati, samādhi micchā-diṭṭhi, micchā-vācā, m-kammanta, m-ājīva.

• -aṅgāni the…

…conduct (ibid.); -ājīva living (DN.iii.176 sq., DN.iii.254, DN.iii.290; AN.ii.53, AN.ii.240, AN.ii.270, AN.iv.82); -vāyāma effort…

adjective lifeless, soulless Dhs-a.38; Mil.413.

Sk. nirjīvita, nis + jīva¹

…Sanghāta Ja.v.266; Sañjīva ibid. Sataporisa Ja.v.269; Sattisūla Ja.v.143. As the principal one n. is often mentioned with the other apāyas…

Nirīha(ka)

adjective inactive, motionless, without impulse Thag-a.148 (˚ka); Mil.413 (+ nijjīvata); Vism.484, Vism.594 sq.

nis + īha

Nirīha(ka)

adjective inactive, motionless, without impulse Thag-a.148 (˚ka); Mil.413 (+ nijjīvata); Vism.484, Vism.594 sq.

nis + īha

…MN.i.17.

• -ājīva (adj.) of pure livelihood DN.i.63 (see DN-a.i.181) AN.iii.124 (cp. pārisuddhi).

pari + pp….

…as a sort of redupl. cpd. of jīva, the imper. of jīvati “live,” as greeting. We might translate “the greeting with ʻjīva’ and…

…puttī see rāja˚.

• -jīva Name of a tree: Putranjiva Roxburghii Ja.vi.530
• -dāra child & wife (i.e. wife & children,…

…Dhs.165; Mil.336 (ājīva˚, and in 4^th jhāna); Vism.30 (= parisuddhatā), Vism.46 (˚sīla), Vism.278; Dhp-a.iii.399…

…of a soldier (yodh’ ājīva) at AN.i.284; of an elephant at Ja.ii.370 (where it is explained as “rāja paribhoga”) Also as “royal…

…of a soldier (yodh’ ājīva) at AN.i.284; of an elephant at Ja.ii.370 (where it is explained as “rāja paribhoga”) Also as “royal…

…(= sabbakālaṃ yāvajīvaṃ Pv-a.110); Pv.ii.9#37 (= sabbakālaṃ divase divase sāyañ ca pāto ca Pv-a.127), Pv.iv.1#30.

*…

Sajīva¹

adjective endowed with life Mhvs.11, Mhvs.13.

sa³ + jīva

Sajīva²

a minister Ja.vi.307, Ja.vi.318 (= amacca C.).

for saciva?

…following Bdhgh’s wrong interpretation (see K.S. i.321) as “kammena saha jīvantānan; kammadutiyakā nāma honti.”

sa² =…

…Mil.39. -ppadhāna ājīva* right living, right means of livelihood, right occupation Vin.i.10; SN.v.421, etc.; formula…

…right living (sammā-ājīva), right views AN.i.271-Another three as saddhā˚, sīla˚, paññā˚; at AN.i.287. Bdhgh at Dhp-a.iii.93,…

adjective reviving Thag-a.181 (Ap. v. 23: putta˚).

fr. saṃ + jīv

…precepts upon oneself Vin.i.146; Mil.162; AN.i.238 sq.; AN.iv.15; AN.v.165.

• -sājīva system of training Vin.iii.23 sq.;…

…family Mhvs.24, Mhvs.50. -jīva easy to live Dhp.244 -tanu having a slender waist Vv.64#12 (=…

…Vin.ii.59 sq.

• -ājīva clean livelihood Vb-a.116; Dhp-a.iv.111.
• -ājīvin living a pure life Dhp.366. *…

…adj. ˚-kara one who supports Ja.iv.42 (= sa-ājīvakara, C.).

…indriya-saṃvara, ājīvapārisuddhi, paccaya-sannissita. The same with ref to catubbidha sīla at Ja.iii.195). See also under compounds…

…a. s.) AN.v.193, etc (see jīva).

4. Adverbial use of some cases (local^a temporal^b, &…

…Dhp-a.iv.172 (˚ṃ vā kālakaṃ vā adisvā). 2. a kind of tree Vv.6#7 (= bandhu-jīvaka-puppha-sadisa-pupphā ekā…

…covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heaped up, ac-cumulated ˚dhāreti hold or…

…(= anujīvati); Pv.ii.9#50 (Ankuraṃ u. ti taṃ nissāya jīvanti Pv-a.134); Mil.231.

upa + jīvati

…of morality); AN.i.270 (ājīva˚); AN.iv.26, AN.iv.160 (atta˚ para˚); Pts.i.122; Ja.vi.292; Ne.126 (the 3 vipattiyo sīla˚, diṭṭhi˚,…

…MN.ii.360; Snp.614 (˚ṃ upajīvati); Ja.i.495; Ja.ii.133, Ja.ii.202; Ja.v.471; Pv-a.111 Pv-a.278. 2. current appellation, common use (of…

…Pv-a.27, Pv-a.29 (= attabhāvaṃ yāpeti = upajīvati).

Caus. of yāti

…Ja.i.180; Mil.293.

• -ājīva one who lives by battle or war, a soldier SN.iv.308 = AN.iii.94; AN.i.284; AN.ii.170,…

(dt.) begging, asking, entreaty Ja.iii.353; Snp-a.161 (inghā ti yācan’ atthe nipāto), Snp-a.551 (id.); Pv-a.113 (= sādhuka).

• -jīvāna living by begging Ja.iii.353.

fr. yāc

…Pv-a.27, Pv-a.29 (= attabhāvaṃ yāpeti = upajīvati).

Caus. of yāti

… ■ Freq. in phrase yāva jīvaṃ (see under compounds). Sattamāsaṃ cha pañca cattāro ti vatvā yāva temāsaṃ yāciṃsu “after…

…(parisuddha˚; + ājīva, dhammadesanā veyyākaraṇa); Vin.iii.90 sq.; Vin.v.164, Vin.v.197; DN.i.76 ≈ (following after the jhānas as…

…point ont, explain; ˚jīva living on; ˚ṇāpeti give an order to somebody; ˚disati point out to some one; ˚bhindati cut; ˚manteti…

…of (right livelihood AN.i.271; DN-a.i.235.

ā + jīva; Sk. ājīva

…Ājīvikas*, 1951.

1. ājīvaka: Vin.i.291; Vin.ii.284; Vin.iv.74, Vin.iv.91; MN.i.31, MN.i.483; SN.i.217; AN.iii.276,…

…(reads ājīvikā pakatā) = Mil.279.

fr. ājīva

…Ājīvikas*, 1951.

1. ājīvaka: Vin.i.291; Vin.ii.284; Vin.iv.74, Vin.iv.91; MN.i.31, MN.i.483; SN.i.217; AN.iii.276,…

adjective noun having one’s livelihood, finding one’s subsistence, living, leading a life of (-˚) DN.iii.64; AN.v.190 (lūkha˚)

fr. ājīva

…as Veḷuvana-Jīvak’ ambavan’ ādayo i.e. the park of Veḷuvana, or the park belonging to Jīvaka or mango-groves in general….