As a deity name
Name 791 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 767 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 930 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
जीवन · noun · masculine
जीवीत रहने की अवस्था । जन्म और मृत्यु के बीच का काल । वह दशा दिसमें प्राणी आपनी इंद्रियों द्वारा चेतन व्यापार करते हैं । जिंदगी । जैसे,— अपने जीवन में ऐसी घटना मैंने कभी नहीं थी · जीवित रहने का भाव । जीने का व्यापार या भाव । प्राण- धारण । जैसे,— अन्न से ही तो मनुष्य का जीवन है · जीवित रखनेवाली वस्तु जिसके कारण कोई जाता रहै । प्राण का अवलंब । जैसे,— जल ही मनुष्य का जीवन है — Śabdasāgara
जीवन · jīvan · s.m.
Life, existence; subsistence; means of subsistence, living, livelihood, profession — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 415
जीवन · masculine
life, existence, subsistence (period of time between birth and death)
Cited formation "जीवन" is जीव + -न: जीव means "life", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जीवन" is जीवना + -न: जीवना means "To live ( = jīnā, q.v.)", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — 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 जीवन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवन (jīvana). Cognate with Bengali জীবন (jibon), Gujarati જીવન (jīvan), Marathi जीवन (jīvan), Nepali जीवन (jīvan), Bhojpuri 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan), Magahi 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
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.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
living by (instr. or in comp.), livelihood, means of living, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jīvana" is the vocative of "jīvanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
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.
wind, L.
a son, L.
the plant kṣudraphalaka, L.
jīvanā f. N. of a medicinal plant, L.
Alternative readings
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