1 Livelihood, subsist- ence, maintenance; bhavatyājīvanaṃ ta- smāt Pt. 1. 48; cf. words like rūpā- jīva, ajājīva, śastrājīva, stryājīva &c.; ājīvanārthaḥ Ms. 10. 79 means of livelihood.

2 Profession, the means of maintaining oneself; vi- śuddha idānīmājīvaḥ Ś. 6. vaḥ A Jaina beggar.