Pāli Dictionary

jīvita

jīvrootitasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

jīv1live

Synonyms

pariyāya, nivāsa, anujīvita

Antonyms

maraṇa

general

  • life; lifetime; span of life; vitality; (in Abhidhamma) the life faculty

  • livelihood; way of life; living; means of existence

  • Snp 5.8

    santi loke munayo, janā vadanti ta'y'idaṃ kathaṃsu, ñāṇ'ūpapannaṃ no muniṃ vadanti, udāhu ve jīvitena-upapannaṃ.

  • Snp 4.9

    etādisaṃ ce ratanaṃ na icchasi, nāriṃ nar'indehi bahūhi patthitaṃ, diṭṭhigataṃ sīlavataṃ nu jīvitaṃ, bhav'ūpapattiñ'ca vadesi kīdisaṃ.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

jīvīta
  1. jī

    conqueror; victor (agent noun from √ji ‘conquer’)

  2. vīta

    free from; without; devoid of

jīavīta
  1. jī

    conqueror; victor (agent noun from √ji ‘conquer’)

  2. avīta

    not free from; not without; not rid of

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