As a deity name
Name 344 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
जीवा · noun · feminine
वह सीधी रेखा जो किसी चाप के सिरे से दूसरे सिरे तक हो । ज्या · धनुष की ड़ोरी · जीवंती — Śabdasāgara
जीवा · jīvā · s.f.
The chord of an are, &c. = jyā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 414
जीवा · feminine
chord
Cited formation "जीवा" is जीव + -आ: जीव means "life", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जीवा" is जीवना + -आ: जीवना means "To live ( = jīnā, q.v.)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जीवा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवा (jīvā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jīvā (ā), f. life, L.
the earth, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
life
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jīvā" is the feminine form of "jīva" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "jīvā" is the nominative of "jīvan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jīvā (ā), f. life, L.
the earth, L.
a bow-string, L.
(in geom. = jyā) the chord of an arc
the sine of an arc, Sūryas. ii, 57 (cf. tri-, tri-bha, dṛg-gati-, lamba- and śaṅku-jīvā)
jīva mf(ā)n. living, existing, alive, RV. &c.
healthy (blood), Car. viii, 6, 74
jīvan in comp. for ˚vat.
Alternative readings
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