जीवक mfn. (
-कः-का-कं)
1. A servant, a slave, one who gets a livelihood by service.
2. A snake-catcher, one whose business is catching snakes, curing their bites, &c.
3. An usurer, or one who lives by lending money at high interest.
4. A mendicant or one who lives by begging.
5. One whose life is prolonged by blessings.
m. (
-कः)
1. A tree, (Pentaptera tomentosa:) see
असन.
2. A medicinal plant, com- monly called by the same name Jivaca, and considered as one of the eight principal drugs, classed together under the name
अष्टबर्ग. 3. An animal, any being endowed with life.
E. जीव् to live, affix
णिच् ण्वुल् or
वुन्.
ROOTS:
जीव् णिच् ण्वुल् वुन्