# जीवत्व (jīvatva)

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जीवत्व (jīvatva) is a Sanskrit word meaning the state of life, the state of the individual soul.

- **SLP1:** `jIvatva`  **IAST:** jīvatva  **Devanagari:** जीवत्व
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivatva
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jivatva/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the state of life  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 422,3] जीव (jīva) — त्व (—tva) n. the state of life, Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) i, 14 [ ID=79671 ]
- the state of the individual soul  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the state of the individual soul, Kapila’sSāṃkhya-pravacana (Title) vi, 63. [ ID=79672 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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