jīvana

[apte] a. (nī f.) [jīv bhāve lyuṭ] Enlivening, giving life. --naḥ 1 A living being. --2 Wind. --3 A son. --4 The Supreme Being. --naṃ 1 Life, existence; (fig. also); tvamāse mama bhū- ṣaṇaṃ tvamasi mama jīvanaṃ Gīt. 10. --2 The principle of life, vital energy; Bg. 7. 9. --3 Water; bījānāṃ prabhava namo'- stu jīvanāya Ki. 18. 39; or jīvanaṃ jī- vanaṃ (life) haṃti prāṇān haṃti samīraṇaḥ Udb. --4 Livelihood, profession, means...