AjIva · masculine
subsistence
Ājīva [ā + jīva; Sanskrit ājīva] livelihood, mode of living, living, subsistence, D I 54; A III 124 (parisuddha°); Snp 407 (°ṃ = parisodhayi = micchājīvaṃ hitvā sammājīvaṃ eva pavattayī Pj II 382), 617; Pp 51; Vibh 107, 235; Miln 229 (bhinna°); Vism 306 (the same); As 390; Saddh 342, 375, 392. Especially frequent in the contrast pair sammā-ājīva and micchā-ā° right mode and wrong mode of gaining a living, e.g. at S II 168 f.; III 239; V 9; A I 271; II 53, 240, 270; IV 82; Vibh 105, 246. See also magga (ariyaṭṭhaṅgika). -pārisuddhi purity or propriety of livelihood Miln 336; Vism 22 f., 44; Dhp-a IV 111; -vipatti failure in method of gaining a living A I 270; -sampadā perfection of (right) livelihood A I 271; Sv I 235.
ājīva , m. , = next: MSV ii.50.1 (prose).
livelihood; way of living; means of subsistence
【陽】 生計，生活，生存。
(masc, masc, from ājīvati) livelihood; mode of living; way of life; way of earning a living livelihood, living, subsistence Construction: ā + √jīv + a