As a Hindi name
जीवनहेतु · noun · masculine
जीवनरक्षा का साधन । जीविका । रोजी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
means of subsistence
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Dictionary citations
jīvana—hetu m. means of subsistence, Mn. x, 116.
jīvanahetu m. (-tuḥ) End or object of life, the cause of living. E. jīvana, and hetu cause.
Alternative readings
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