jīvita

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Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá).

Noun

jīvita n

  1. life, lifetime
  2. livelihood
    • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II), page 558:
      පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
      මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
      නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.
      Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
      mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
      no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.
      Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Declension

Descendants

  • Khmer: ជីវិត (ciivɨt) (learned)
  • Lü: ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ (tsiiviid) (learned)
  • Thai: ชีวิต (chii-wít) (learned)

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jīvita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead