AJIVA Definition & Meaning

ajiva

[ uh-jee-vuh ]

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noun

Jainism.

all in the universe that is not jiva, as space, time, matter, and those things by which rest and motion are possible to objects.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ajiva¹

< Sanskrit ��ī�� without life, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + ��ī�� living

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Others reckon the tattvas as seven, as has been said— "The tattvas are jíva, ajíva, ásrava, bandha, saṃvara, nirjará, and moksha."

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Jíva and ajíva have been already described.

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This has been declared in the Siddhánta, "Jíva, ajíva, puṇya, pápa, ásrava, saṃvara, nirjaraṇa, bandha, and moksha, are the nine tattwas."

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The jíva, the ajíva, merit and demerit, ásrava, saṃvara, bandha, nirjará, mukti,—we will now explain each.

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Here we may say concisely that the tattvas or predicaments are two, jíva and ajíva; the soul, jíva, is pure intelligence; the non-soul, ajíva, is pure non-intelligence.

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