आजीव्य

{ ājīvya }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आजीव्य  mfn.  mfn. affording a livelihood, [Yājñ. i, 320]; xiv, 1330"> [MBh. xiv, 1330]
आजीव्य  n.  n. means of living, iii, 8452"> [MBh. iii, 8452]; [BhP.] ( cf. स्व्-आज्°.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आजीव्य [ājīvya]  pot. p.   pot. p.
   To be practised (as a profession).
    fit for or affording a livelihood; आजीव्यांश्चिच्छि- दुर्वृक्षान् [Bhāg.7.2.15.]
    habitable, fertile; रम्यं पशव्यमाजीव्यम् [Y.1.321;] [Ms.7.69.]
-व्यम्   A means of subsistence.

Shabda-Sagara

आजीव्य  mfn.  ( -व्यः-व्या-व्यं)
   1. habitable, fertile.
   2. To be practised as a means of living.
    E. आङ् before जीव्य to be lived, in or by.

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आङ् जीव्य