As a Hindi name
जीविका · noun · feminine
वह वस्तु या व्यापार जिससे जीवन का निर्वाह हो । भरण पोषण का साधन । जीवनोपाय । वृत्ति · जीवनदायी तत्व अर्थात् जल (को॰) · जीवन (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
जीविका · jīvikā · s.f.
Means of subsistence, livelihood, maintenance, allowance, stipend, pension; occupation or profession (by which a subsistence is obtained) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 415
जीविका · feminine
livelihood, subsistence; occupation, profession
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जीविका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit जीविका (jīvikā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jīvikā f. living, manner of living, KaṭhUp.; Mn. iv, 11; x, 82 &c.
livelihood, x, 76; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Rājat. vi, 22)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. ‘life-giving element’, water,.
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Dictionary citations
jīvikā f. living, manner of living, KaṭhUp.; Mn. iv, 11; x, 82 &c.
livelihood, x, 76; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Rājat. vi, 22)
the plant Jīvantī, L.
pl. ‘life-giving element’, water, ĀśvŚr. vi, 9.
jīvikā f. See ˚vaka.
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