جیو

जीव jīv, and H. जीऊ jī`ū, जीउ jī`u, िजउji`u, s.m. Life, existence; soul; living creature, animate being, animal; the sentient individual soul (or emanation of the Deity, which, it is believed, is incorporated in the animal body, imparting to it life, motion, and sensation, and hence called jīvātman, in contradistinction to paramātman or supreme soul);—a beloved one, darling, sweetheart;—intj. Bravo!:—jīvātmā(S. jīva+āt˚), s.m. The individual soul, the vital principle or spirit:—jīvā-dhār (jīva+ādhāra), s.m. The earth, the world of organic beings:—jīvāntak (jīva+an˚), s.m. Destroyer of life, a slayer, murderer; a fowler, bird-catcher:—jīvputrak, s.m. A plant that bears seeds of which rosaries are made:—jīva-jīv = S. jīvan-jīv, or jīvan-jīvika, s.m. A kind of bird (supposed to be a pheasant); the chakor or Greek partridge:—jīv-dān, s.m. Giving life; rescuing from sickness;—title of a manual of medicine composed by Ćyavana:—jīva-da, adj. & s.m. Life-giving;—who or what gives life:—jīvdayā, s.f. Kindness or tenderness for animal life:—jīv-dhārī, adj. Possessing life; assuming life:—jīv-dharm, s.m. The appropriate functions of animal life:—jīv-dhan, s.m. Living property, live stock, wealth in flocks and herds:—jīv-ḍanḍ, s.m. Capital punishment:—jīv-sthān, s.m. A joint, an articulation:—jīva-sū, s.f. The mother of living offspring:—jīv-ke badle jīv denā(-ke), To devote or sacrifice one's life for another; to espouse the cause of another:—jīvkoṭhī, s.f. A house or hospital for vermin, etc. (such as may be seen at Surat):—jīv-gar, jī`ū-gar, adj. Lively, spirited; brave, courageous, bold, resolute (=jīvaṭ):—jīv-mār, adj. & s.m.=jī-mār, q.v.s.v. jī:—jīv-mandir, s.m. 'The mansion of the soul,' the body:—jīv-hiṅsā, s.f. Injury to life, destruction of life.