As a Hindi name
जीवक · noun · masculine
प्राण धारण करनेवाला · आयुर्वेद के एक प्रसिद्ध आचार्य जो बौद्ध परपंरा के अनुसार ईस्वी पूर्व चौथी या तीसरी शताब्दी में थे · क्षपणक — Śabdasāgara
जीवक · jīvak · s.m.
A living being, living creature, animal — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 415
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a living being
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "jīvaka" is derived from "jīva" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
jīva mf(ā)n. living, existing, alive, RV. &c.
healthy (blood), Car. viii, 6, 74
jīvaka mfn. living, alive, Hcar. vii
ifc. (f(ikā). ) ‘living’, see cira-: making a livelihood by (in comp.), MBh. xii f.; Hariv. 4484; Śatr. (cf. akṣara-)
Dictionary citations
jīvaka mfn. living, alive, Hcar. vii
ifc. (f(ikā). ) ‘living’, see cira-: making a livelihood by (in comp.), MBh. xii f.; Hariv. 4484; Śatr. (cf. akṣara-)
‘generating’, see putraṃ-
ifc. (f(ā). ) long living, for whom long life is desired, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 150, Kāś.
jīvaka m. a living being, L.
jīva mf(ā)n. living, existing, alive, RV. &c.
healthy (blood), Car. viii, 6, 74
Alternative readings
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