Jīva

adjective noun

1. the soul. Sabbe jīvā all the souls, enumerated with sattā pāṇā bhūta in the dialect used by the followers of Gosāla DN.i.53 (= DN-a.i.161 jīvasaññī). “taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīraṃ udāhu aññaṃ j. aññaṃ s.” (is the body the soul, or is the body one thing and the soul another?) see DN.i.157, DN.i.188; DN.ii.333, DN.ii.336, DN.ii.339; SN.iv.392 sq.; MN.i.157, MN.i.426 sq. AN.ii.41
   ■ Also in this sense at Mil.30, Mil.54, Mil.86
   ■ Vin.iv.34; SN.iii.215, SN.iii.258 sq.; SN.iv.286; SN.v.418; AN.v.31, AN.v.186 AN.v.193.
2. life, in yāvajīvaṃ as long as life lasts, for life, during (his) lifetime DN.iii.133; Vin.i.201; Dhp.64; Ja.ii.155; Pv-a.76.

• -gāhaṃ (adv.) taken alive, in phrase j.˚ gaṇhāti or gaṇhāpeti SN.i.84; Ja.i.180; Ja.ii.404; cp. karamara;
• -loka the animate creation Ja.iii.394;
• -sūla “life-pale,” a stake for execution Ja.ii.443;
• -sokin (= sokajīvin) leading a life of sorrow Ja.vi.509.

Sk. jīva, Idg. *g^ṷīṷos = Gr. βίος, Lat. vīvus, Goth. quius, Ohg. queck, E. quick, Lith. gyvas