As a deity name
Name 629 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
जीवनी · noun · feminine
काकोली · तिक्त जीवंती । ड़ीड़ी · मेद — Śabdasāgara
जीवनी · noun · feminine
जीवन भर का वृत्तांत । जीवनचरित् । जिंदगी का हाल — Śabdasāgara
जीवनी · jīvanī · s.f.
A kind of jasmine — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 415
जीवनी · feminine
biography
Cited formation "जीवनी" is जीव + -नी: जीव means "life", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जीवनी" is जीवा + -नी: जीवा means "chord", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जीवनी" is जीवन + -ई: जीवन means "life, existence, subsistence (period of time between birth and death)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From जीवन (jīvan) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: several plants (jīvantī, kākoli, doḍī, medā, mahā-medā, yūthī), (cf. a-; puruṣa-jīv˚.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jīvanī" is the nominative dual of "jīvani" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jīvanī" is the feminine form of "jīvana" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jīvanī f. N. of several plants (jīvantī, kākoli, doḍī, medā, mahā-medā, yūthī), L. (cf. a-; puruṣa-jīv˚.)
jīvani m. pl. N. of a family, Pravar. v, 1.
jīvana mf(ī)n. vivifying, giving life, enlivening, ŚBr. ii, 3, 1, 10; MBh. (said of wind, the sun, &c.; of Śiva xiii, 1236), BhP. x; Kathās.
jīvana m. a living being, W.
Alternative readings
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