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Definition of Ajiva
1. inanimate matter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ajiva
Literary usage of Ajiva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on the Religion and Philosophy of the Hindus by Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1858)
"According to the Digambara Jainas, the universe consists of two classes, "animate"
and "inanimate" (jiva and ajiva), without a creator or ruling providence ..."
2. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1827)
"ajiva, all that is not a living soul ; that is, the whole of (jad'a ... ajiva taken
in a restricted sense. It comprehends the four elements, earth, water, ..."
3. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1877)
"ajiva, on the other hand, embraces all things which are devoid of consciousness
or life, and is the passive object of enjoyment on the part of jiva. ..."
4. The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu by Mādhava, Edward Byles Cowell, Archibald Edward Gouch (1908)
"Here we may say concisely that the tattvas or predicaments are two, jiva and
ajiva,; the soul, jiva, is pure intelligence; the non-soul, ajiva, ..."
5. Miscellaneous Essays by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Edward Byles Cowell (1873)
"... consequently composed of parts; eternal: 2nd, ajiva, all that is not a living
soul; that is, the whole of (jada) inanimate and unsen- tient substance. ..."
6. Bibliotheca Indica by Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), Asiatic Society of Bengal, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1848)
"There are three descriptions of this: the perfect soul of the deified saints :
the liberated soul: and the soul in bondage. ajiva comprehends the four ..."
7. Over de godsdienstige en wijsgeerige begrippen der jaina's by Sybrandus Johannes Warren (1875)
"... is the same with the ajiva", terwijl het hier slechts een deel van ajiva
is, „comprehending all bodies composed of atoms. It is sixfold, comprising the ..."
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