jiva – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Jiva
In
Hinduism and
Jainism, a
jiva (, , alternative spelling
jiwa; , , alternative spelling
jeev) is a living being, or more specifically, the immortal essence or soul of a living organism (human, animal, fish or plant etc.) which survives physical death. It has a very similar usage to
atma, but whereas
atma refers to "the cosmic self",
jiva is used to denote an individual "living entity" or "living being" specifically. To avoid confusion, the terms
paramatma and
jivatma (also commonly spelled
jeevatma) are used.
Jiva (disambiguation)
Jiva or
Jiwa may also refer to:
Jya, koti-jya and utkrama-jya
Jya,
koti-jya and
utkrama-jya are three
trigonometric functions introduced by
Indian mathematicians and astronomers. The earliest known Indian treatise containing references to these functions is
Surya Siddhanta. These are functions of arcs of circles and not functions of angles. Jya and koti-jya are closely related to the modern
trigonometric functions of
sine and
cosine. In fact, the origins of the modern terms of "sine" and "cosine" have been traced back to the
Sanskrit words jya and koti-jya.
jiva
nm.
jiva
Jiva
Jiva (Sanskrit) A living being, or center of potential vitality and intelligence, equivalent to monad as well as life-atom. "Beginning its career as an unself-conscious god-spark, a jiva -- a cosmic elemental born from the cosmic element -- its destiny is to pass through all intermediate stages of evolution until finally it becomes a full-blown god, a jivanmukta" (FSO 225).
Jiva is also used for the cosmic life principle or force and is sometimes used interchangeably with prana, the life principle of the human constitution.
jiva
The soul of a person, essentially the same as
Atman . It is made of spiritual or divine matter. It is a concept borrowed from Jainism, and is usually contrasted to
ajiva .
jiva
Synonyms and related words:
anima, anima humana, animating force, atman, ba, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, breath of life, buddhi, divine breath, divine spark, ego, elan vital, essence of life, force of life, growth force, heart, heartbeat, heartblood, impulse of life, inner man, inspiriting force, jivatma, khu, life breath, life cycle, life essence, life force, life principle, life process, lifeblood, living force, manes, mind, nephesh, pneuma, prana, psyche, purusha, ruach, seat of life, shade, shadow, soul, spark of life, spirit, spiritual being, spiritus, the self, vis vitae, vis vitalis, vital energy, vital flame, vital fluid, vital force, vital principle, vital spark, vital spirit
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
