Jivaniya, Jīvanīya, Jīvanīyā: 12 definitions

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Introduction:

Jivaniya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Jīvanīyā (जीवनीया) is another name for Jīvantī, a medicinal plant identified with Leptadenia reticulata (cork swallow-wort) from the Apocynaceae, or “dogbane family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.37-39 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Jīvanīyā and Jīvantī, there are a total of eighteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as “prolonging life”, and originally composed by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna IV. The name is derived from the word jīva, translating to “life”. It is a technical term used throughout Āyurveda. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Jīvaka (Celtis orientalis), Mudgaparṇī (Phasceolus radiatus), Māṣaparṇa (Teramnus debilis) and Jīvantī (Dendrobium sp.). The collection of herbs named Jīvanīya is one of the fifty Mahākaṣāya.

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय) refers to a “vitalizer” (i.e., cow’s milk), as mentioned in verse 5.21-23 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), cow’s milk [viz., gavya] (is) a vitalizer [viz., jīvanīya] (and) elixir; (it is) wholesome for pulmonary rupture and pulmonary consumption, intellectualizing, invigorative, productive of breast-milk, (and) purgative, (and) destroys fatigue, giddiness, intoxication, unbeautifulness, dyspnea, cough, excessive thirst, hunger, old fever, strangury, and hemorrhage [...]”.

Note: The habitual verbification of predicate nouns apart, it remains only to elaborate on the collocation jīvanīyaṃ rasāyanam. The Tibetans have translated it by ’thso byed-ciṅ bcud-kyis len—“vitalizer and elixir”, thus adopting Aruṇadatta’s view that jīvanīya entails the generation of vitality (ojasyam), while rasāyana serves as a means of gaining the best in chyle, strength, and digestion (rasavīryavipākānāṃ śreṣṭhānāṃ lābhopāyaḥ). Indu, on the other hand, thinks that jīvanīya is to be understood in the sense of “saumyadhātuvṛddhikara”—“productive of an increase of the soma-like element [i.e. phlegm]”—thus also Candranandana—, whereas rasāyana should be adduced only by way of comparison (iva), and that “on account of its being a support of life and means of gaining the desired elements chyle etc.” (prāṇasaṃdhārakatvāc chastarasādidhātulābhopāyatvāc ca); cf. VI.39.1 sq.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Jivaniya in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Cynanchum reticulatum. For the possible medicinal usage of jivaniya, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय).—a. [jīv-bā° karaṇe anīyar]

1) To be lived.

2) Supporting life.

-yam 1 Water.

2) Fresh milk.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय).—n.

(-yaṃ) Water. f.

(-yā) Jiyati: see jīvantī. E. jīvana life, cha affix: being friendly or necessary to existence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय).—[adjective] vivifying; [neuter] ([impersonally]) vivendum, as subst. water.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jīvanīya (जीवनीय):—[from jīv] mfn. vivifying (a class of drugs), [Caraka i, 1, ]107

2) [v.s. ...] prepared from Jīvanīya milk, [Suśruta vi, 9, 19]

3) [v.s. ...] n. [impersonal or used impersonally] to be lived, [Manu-smṛti x, 116; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]

4) [v.s. ...] a form of milk, [Suśruta]

5) [v.s. ...] water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Jīvanīyā (जीवनीया):—[from jīvanīya > jīv] f. the plant Jīvantī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jīvanīya (जीवनीय):—(yaṃ) 1. n. Water.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jivaniya in German

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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 corpus

Jīvanīya (ಜೀವನೀಯ):—[adjective] aiding longevity.

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Jīvanīya (ಜೀವನೀಯ):—[noun] water.

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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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