Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 423) jīvaka, mfn. living, alive, Hcar. vii; ifc. (f. ikā) "living" see cira-: making a livelihood by (in comp.) ,MBh. xii f.; Hariv. 4484; Śatr. (cf. akṣara-); "generating" see putraṃ-; ifc. (f. ā) long living, for whom long life is desired, Pāṇ. 3-1, 150; Kāś.; m. a living being, L.; "living on others", a servant, L.; an usurer, L.; a beggar, L.; a snake-catcher, L.; a tree, L.; one of the 8 principal drugs called Ashṭavarga (Terminalia tomentosa, L.; Coccinia grandis, L.), Suśr., VarBṛS.; N. of Kumāra-bhūta, Divyāv. xix, xxxv; (ikā), f. living, manner of living, KaṭhUp.; Mn. (iv, 11; x, 82) &c.; livelihood, x, 76; MBh. &c. (ifc. f. ā, Rājat. vi, 22); the plant Jīvantī, L.; pl. "life-giving element", water, ĀSvSr. vi, 9.
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