jiva
Americannoun
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Hinduism. the individual soul, regarded as a particular manifestation of Atman.
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Also called jivatma. Jainism.
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the individual soul or life monad, compared to a transparent crystal stained by karmic matter with colors, or lesyas, of varying hues.
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all such monads collectively, regarded as the animating principle of the universe.
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Etymology
Origin of jiva
1800–10; < Sanskrit: literally, living
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The accompanying rituals help the jiva, or departed soul, move on from this life to a new incarnation.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2017
And as all Samhitas make similar statements as to the eternity of the soul, the Pañkarâtra doctrine manifestly controverts the view of the essential nature of the jiva being something that originates.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
The body with jiva within it is an excellent car.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Nevertheless, the sentence would perhaps have gained in clearness if we had said, instead of the "life-atoms of jiva," the atoms "animated by dormant Jiva or life-energy."
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
The connection between what Dr. Yaeger calls "odorigen" and jiva or prana, as it is differently called in different systems of Indian philosophy, has been well traced.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
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