Jiva ''Jiva'' ( sa, जीव, IAST: ) is a living being or any entity imbued with a life force in Hinduism and Jīva (Jainism), Jainism. The word itself originates from the Sanskrit verb-root ''jīv'', which translates as 'to breathe' or 'to live'. ...

is the immortal essence of a living organism in Hinduism and Jainism. Jiva, Jīva, or Jiwa may also refer to: *

Jīva (Jainism) ''Jīva'' ( sa, जीव) or ''Atman'' (; sa, आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul. As per Jain cosmology, ''jīva'' or soul is the principle of sentience and is one of the ''tattvas'' or one of ...

, the soul substance in Jainism * Jīvá, a Sanskrit trigonometric term also known as ''jyā''; see Jyā, koti-jyā and utkrama-jyā * ''JIVA!'', a 2021 drama TV series on

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Jīva (nun) Jīvaka (also referred to as Jiva) was a sister of a king of Kucha, and later a Buddhist nun. Jīvaka was a princess of Kucha (in Central Asia) in the early fourth century C.E. She was the sister of the King who introduced her to Kumārāyana, a ...

(fl. 4th century CE), sister of a king of Kucha, and Buddhist nun *

Jiva Goswami Jiva Goswami ( sa, जीव गोस्वामी, Jīva Gosvāmī; ) was an Indian philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition, producing a great number of philosophical works on the theology and practice ...

(1513–1598), philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta Tradition *

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(born 1970), British Indian darts player * Jiva Pandu Gavit, Indian politician

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