Jivanahetu, Jīvanahētu, Jīvanahetu, Jīvaṉahētu: 6 definitions
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Jivanahetu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjīvanahētu (जीवनहेतु).—m S The reason or object of living: also the efficient cause of life.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvanahetu (जीवनहेतु).—m.
(-tuḥ) End or object of life, the cause of living. E. jīvana, and hetu cause.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvanahetu (जीवनहेतु).—[masculine] mode of subsistence.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvanahetu (जीवनहेतु):—[=jīvana-hetu] [from jīvana > jīv] m. means of subsistence, [Manu-smṛti x, 116.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvanahetu (जीवनहेतु):—[jīvana-hetu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Cause, end, or object of life.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconJīvaṉahētu (ஜீவனஹேது) [jīvaṉa-hētu] noun < idem. +.
1. Profession, means of livelihood. See சீவனோபாயம். [sivanopayam.]
2. The source or cause of life; உயிர் வாழ்தற்குரிய காரணம். [uyir vazhtharkuriya karanam.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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