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ajiva

[ uh-jee-vuh ]

noun

, Jainism.
  1. 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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Origin of ajiva1

< Sanskrit ajīva without life, equivalent to a- a- 6 + jīva living

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