jīvita : [nt.] life; span of life.
Jīvita (nt.) [Vedic jīvita, orig. pp. of jīvati "that which is lived," cp. same formation in Lat. vīta=*vīvita; Gr. bio/th living, sustenace, & di/aita, "diet"] (individual) life, lifetime, span of life; living, livelihood (cp. jīvikā) Vin ii.191; S i.42; iv.169, 213; M ii.73 (appaŋ); A i.155, 255; iii.72; iv.136 (appakaŋ parittaŋ); Sn 181, 440, 574, 577, 931, 1077; Dh 110, 111, 130; J i.222; Pv i.1111 (ittaraŋ); ii.67 (vijahati); Dhs 19, 295; Vism 235, 236; Ps ii.245; PvA 40. -- jīvitā voropeti to deprive of life, to kill Vin iii.73; D iii.235; M ii.99; A iii.146, 436; iv.370 sq.; PvA 67.
-- āsā the desire for life A i.86; -- indriya the faculty of life, vitality Vin iii.73; S v.204; Kvu 8, 10; Miln 56; Dhs 19; Vism 32, 230 (˚upaccheda destruction of life), 447 (def.); DhA ii.356 (˚ŋ upacchindati to destroy life); VvA 72; -- kkhaya the dissolution of life, i. e. death J i.222; PvA 95, 111; -- dāna "the gift of life," saving or sparing life J i.167; ii.154; -- nikanti desire for life A iv.48; -- parikkhārā (pl.) the requisites of life M i.104 sq.; A iii.120; v.211; -- pariyādāna the cessation or consummation of life D i.46 (=DA i.128); S ii.83; A iv.13; -- pariyosāna the end of life, i. e. death J i.256; PvA 73; -- mada the pride of life, enumd under the 3 madā; viz. ārogya, yobbana, j.: of health, youth, life D iii.220; A i.146; iii.72; -- rūpa (adj.) living (lifelike) J ii.190; -- sankhaya=˚khaya Sn 74; Dh 331; Nd2 262 (=˚pariyosāna); -- hetu (adv.) on the ground of life, for the sake of life A iv.201, 270.
jīvita: I. n. 1.壽命 2.活命 II. 活命(pp.)