jIvana a. ( nI f. ) [ jIv BAve lyuw ] Enlivening, giving life. — naH 1 A living being. 2 Wind. 3 A son. 4 The Supreme Being. — naM 1 Life, existence; ( fig. also); tvamAse mama BUzaRaM tvamasi mama jIvanaM Gīt. 10. 2 The principle of life, vital energy; Bg. 7. 9. 3 Water; bIjAnAM praBava namo'stu jIvanAya Ki. 18. 39 ; or jIvanaM jIvanaM (life) haMti prARAn haMti samIraRaH Udb. 4 Livelihood, profession, means of existence ( fig. also); Ms. 11. 77 ; viduzAM jIvanaM mUrKaH H. 3. 33. 5 Butter made from milk one day old. 6 Marrow. 7 Enlivening, making alive. Comp. — aMtaH death. — AGAtaM poison. — AvAsaH 1 ‘residing in water’, epithet of Varuṇa, the regent of water. 2 the body. — upAyaH livelihood. — ozaDaM 1 elixir of life. 2 a lifegiving medicine.