आजीव्य

{ ājīvya }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आजीव्य  mfn.  mfn. affording a livelihood, [Yājñ. i, 320]; [MBh. xiv, 1330]
आजीव्य  n.  n. means of living, [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