जीवक

{ jīvaka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : दिगंबर साधु, जीव, सँपेरा, सूदख़ोर, भूतकेश, क्षपणक

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : क्षपणक

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : जीव

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जीवक  mfn.  mfn. living, alive, [Hcar. vii]
चिर  f.  ifc. ( f( इका).) ‘living’ See -: making a livelihood by (in comp.), [MBh. xii f.]; [Hariv. 4484]; [Śatr.] ( cf. अक्षर-)
पुत्रं   ‘generating’ See -
  f.  ifc. ( f( आ).) long living, for whom long life is desired, [Pāṇ. 3-1, 150]; [Kāś.]
जीवक  m.  m. a living being, [L.]
   ‘living on others’, a servant, [L.]
   an usurer, [L.]
   a beggar, [L.]
   a snake-catcher, [L.]
   a tree, [L.]
   one of the 8 principal drugs called अष्टवर्ग ( Terminalia tomentosa, [L.]; Coccinia grandis, [L.]), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]
    N. of कुमार-भूत, [Divyâv. xix, xxxv]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

जीवक [jīvaka] a.  a. [जीव्-णिच् ण्वुल्]
   Living, making a livelihood by, generating &c.
   One who lives a long time.
   कः A living being.
   A servant.
   A Buddhist mendicant, any mendicant who lives by begging.
   A usurer.
   A snake-catcher.
   A tree.
   A medicinal plant of that name.

Shabda-Sagara

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