upajīvin

(-˚) adjective noun living on, subsisting by AN.ii.135 (phal˚); Snp.217 (para-datt˚), Ja.i.227 (vohār˚); Ja.iv.380; Pp.51; Mil.160 (Satth˚); Vv-a.141 (sipp˚). f. upajīvinī in rūp˚ (itthi) a woman earning her living by her beauty (i.e. a courtesan) Mil.122; Pv-a.46; cp. kiliṭṭha-kamm˚ gaṇikā Pv-a.195.

fr. upa + jīv