As a Hindi name
जीवातु · noun · masculine
खाद्य । आहार · जीवन । अस्तित्व · पुनर्जीवन — Śabdasāgara
जीवातु · jīwātu · s.m.
Life, existence; a medicine for restoring life — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 414
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
life, &c. (dat. ˚tave; once ˚tvai, )
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Dictionary citations
jīvātu f. life, RV.; AV. &c. (dat. ˚tave; once ˚tvai, MaitrS. ii, 3, 4)
a life-giving drug, HPariś. xiii, 189
jīvātu m. n. victuals, food (ifc. mfn. ‘living on’), Kautukas.
jīvātu m., n. 1 Food. 2 Life, existence (fig. aloo); sa khalu prājñajīvātuḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ J. N. V. 3 Restoration to life, revival; re hasta dakṣiṇa mṛtasya śiśordvijasya jīvātave visṛja śūdramunau kṛpāṇaṃ U. 2. 10. 4 A medicine for restoring life.
jīvātu mn. (-tuḥ-tu) 1 A drug for reanimating the dead. 2 Boiled rice, food. 3 Life, existence. E. jīva life, ātu Uṇādi aff.
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