Jivakosha, Jīvakōśa, Jīvakośa, Jiva-kosha, Jīvakoṣa: 5 definitions
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Jivakosha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Jīvakōśa and Jīvakośa and Jīvakoṣa can be transliterated into English as Jivakosa or Jivakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjīvakōśa (जीवकोश).—m S (Poetry.) The sheath or case of the life or soul. A term for the body. Ex. taisē hiraṇyagarbhācē aṃśa prasiddha jī0.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJīvakośa (जीवकोश).—The subtle body (liṅgaśarīra);. तदनुस्मर (tadanusmara)<णध्वस्तजीवकोशास्तमध्ययन् (ṇadhvastajīvakośāstamadhyayan) Bhāg. 1.82.48.
Derivable forms: jīvakośaḥ (जीवकोशः).
Jīvakośa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jīva and kośa (कोश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jīvakośa (जीवकोश):—[=jīva-kośa] [from jīva > jīv] m. a case (or sheath) enveloping the personal soul, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 22 f.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJīvakōśa (ಜೀವಕೋಶ):—[noun] a small, usu. microscopic mass of protoplasm bounded externally by a semi permeable membrane, usu. including one or more nuclei and various other organelles with their products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all the fundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently; a cell.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kosha, Jiva, Koca.
Starts with: Jivakoshani.
Full-text: Jiva.
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