jīvita

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• जीवित (Devanagari script)
• জীৰিত (Bengali script)
• ජීවිත (Sinhalese script)
• ဇီဝိတ or ဇဳဝိတ or ၹီဝိတ (Burmese script)
• ชีวิต or ชีวิตะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩦᩅᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊີວິຕ or ຊີວິຕະ (Lao script)
• ជីវិត (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄩𑅇𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá).

Noun

jīvita n

1. life, lifetime
2. livelihood
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Declension

Declension table of "jīvita" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	jīvitaṃ	jīvitāni
Accusative (second)	jīvitaṃ	jīvitāni
Instrumental (third)	jīvitena	jīvitehi or jīvitebhi
Dative (fourth)	jīvitassa or jīvitāya or jīvitatthaṃ	jīvitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	jīvitasmā or jīvitamhā or jīvitā	jīvitehi or jīvitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	jīvitassa	jīvitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	jīvitasmiṃ or jīvitamhi or jīvite	jīvitesu
Vocative (calling)	jīvita	jīvitāni

Descendants

• → Khmer: ជីវិត (ciivɨt) (learned)
• → Lü: ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ (tsiiviid) (learned)
• → Thai: ชีวิต (chii-wít) (learned)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jīvita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead