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Definition of jiva in English English dictionary
- All living beings; the essence or soul of such beings
- Life force
- living entity, eternal individual soul
- Living being; the individual soul
- The embodied soul, a living being, an ordinary person
- In Jainism, the soul or living spirit. Jivas are believed to be eternal and infinite in number. Many are bound to earthly existence by karma that requires them to move through the cycle of rebirth in successive bodies. Eventually a jiva may obtain release, whereupon a replacement is promoted from the lowest class of jivas, the tiny invisible souls called nigodas that fill the whole space of the world
- Life, spirit, sout One of the two fundamental kinds of reality, according to Jainism The path to ultimate liberation or kevela involves a progressive purification of one's jiva of all ajiva, the accumulation of matter that weighs down one's spirit, as a result of the wrong sort of actions and attitudes
- The soul, self
- The individual soul; the ego
- 1 Living creature
- The embodied soul
- Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter
- Individual soul
- (Lit living being ) The individual soul, which in essence is one with the Universal Soul