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
Example Sentences
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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
Avyaktamuktakesa is a periphrasis for jiva; avyaktam aspashtam yathasyattatha muktah bhanti tirohitam nitya-muktatwama sya is the explanation offered.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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
Like the freed silk-worm again that abandons its cell, jiva also abandons its house generated by its acts.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
It is jiva that acts and causes all bodies to live.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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