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अजीवajīva

अजीव (ajīva) is a Sanskrit word meaning lifeless, non-existence or death. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Lifeless (Adjective) and Death/Non-existence (Noun) - Comprehensive, Lifeless / Inanimate (Adjective), Death / Non-existence (Noun).

Etymology
E. अ neg. and जीव life
Definitions
10
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Meanings by context

Lifeless (Adjective) and Death/Non-existence (Noun) - Comprehensive

4 definitions
1. Death. 2. Non-existence. 3. Lifeless or dead.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Death. 2. Non-existence. 3. Lifeless or dead.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence. 2. Death. 3. Lifeless or dead.

— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence or death. 2. Lifeless.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Lifeless / Inanimate (Adjective)

3 definitions
lifeless

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

lifeless

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

lifeless

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Death / Non-existence (Noun)

2 definitions
Non-existence or death

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Death

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Non-Soul / Inanimate Substance (Jaina Philosophy)

1 definition
In Jainism, all inanimate and unsentient substance that is not a living soul.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.