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जीवात्मन् (jIvAtman)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
जीवात्मन्
m.
 (-त्मा) The vital principle or spirit
that spiritual essence
which renders bodies susceptible of motion or sensation.
E.
 जीव
life, and आत्मन् soul or spirit. जीवति जीव अच् कर्म० ।
Capeller Eng
English
जीवात्मन्
m.
 the living or individual soul.
Yates
English
जीवा_त्मन् (त्मा) 5.
m.
 Animal life,
opposed to spiritual life.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
जीवात्मन् jIvAtman
m.
 living or personal or individual soul
जीवात्मन् jIvAtman
m.
 vital principle
जीवात्मन् jIvAtman
m.
 individual soul
Wilson
English
जीवात्मन्
m.
 (-त्मा) The vital principle or spirit
that spiritual
essence which renders bodies susceptible of motion or sensation.
E.
 जीव life, and आत्मन् soul or spirit.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जीवात्मन्
m.
 the living or personal or individual soul (as distinct from the परमात्°, q.v.), the vital principle,
Tarkas.
BhP.
 vi, viii
Sarvad.
 iv
vii, 57.
Macdonell
English
जीवात्मन् jīva‿ātman,
m.
 individual soul
🞄-apeta, pp. lifeless
-āśa,
a.
 attached to life
🞄-āśaṅkin,
a.
 supposing any one to be alive
🞄-astikāya,
m.
 the category of soul.
Hindi
Hindi
भी स्पष्ट Jeevatman. मानव क्षेत्र के भीतर आत्मा है
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
जीवात्मन्
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಜೀವ /ಆತ್ಮ /ಪ್ರಾಣಿ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > जीवस्य जीवनस्य आत्मा अधिष्ठाता
प्रयोगाः - > "जीवात्मन् पश्य भद्रं ते मातरं पितरं च ते । सुहृदो बान्धवास्तप्ताः शुचा त्वत्कृतया भृशम् ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > भाग० ६-१६-२
L R Vaidya
English
jIva-Atman {% m. %} the individual soul enshrined in the human body (as distinguished from परमात्मन् ‘the supreme soul’).
Tamil
Tamil
ஜீவாத்மன் : ஆன்மா, ஜீவன்.
पुराणम्
English
जीवात्मन् / JĪVĀTMAN (The induvidual life or soul). The Aparabrahman (which is next to the highest Brahman) that is so minute and subtle is called jīvātman. parabrahman is God almighty. It is mentioned in Taittirīyopaniṣad about this aparabrahman as follows :
“Tasmād vā etasmādātmana ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ, ākāśād vāyuḥ vāyoragniḥ, agnerāpaḥ adbhyaḥ pṛthvī pṛthivyā oṣadhayaḥ oṣadhibhyo annam annāt puruṣaḥ sa vā eṣa puruṣo annamayaḥ.”
‘From this Ātman came into existence ether possessing the quality of sound. From ether air, possessing the qualities of sound and touch, came into existence. Fire with the qualities of sound, touch and colour came into being from air. From fire, water having the qualities of sound touch, colour and taste came into being. From water earth with the qualities of sound, touch, colour, taste and smell came into existence. Vegetation grew from earth, and from vegetation food, from food semen, and from semen puruṣa came into existence. The materialized form of aparabrahman is the body. Its subtle form is the soul. Jīvātmā or the individual soul is the subtle form of soul dwelling in the materialized form of the aparabrahman. This soul sits in the miniature lotus of heart in the miniature either. The body which is made of the five elements is the dwelling place of this Jīvātmā. The individual life exists in every living being. The body originated from food is the outer covering of the Jīvātmā. This materialized body is also called Annamayakośa (the cask of food). Inside this annamayakośa there is the Prāṇamayakośa (the chest of the life breaths). It is stated in the Taittirīyopaniṣad that this Prāṇamayakośa is separate from and existing inside the annamayakośa. The Prāṇamayakośa which exists inside the annamayakośa has the shape of man. The life breath which appears as the inhaling and exhaling breath is the head of the Prāṇamayakośa. The life breath Vyāna is the right wing and Apāna is the left wing, ether its soul and Pṛthvi (the earth) its tail.(2) Tasya prāṇa eva śiraḥ vyāno dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣaḥ apānaḥ uttaraḥ pakṣaḥ ākāśa ātmā, Pṛthivī puccham. (Taittirīya).) Inside the Prāṇamayakośa, there exists the Manomayakośa (the chest of mind), but it fills the entire interior of the Prāṇamayakośa. The Vijñānamayakośa (the chest of knowledge or understanding) exists inside the Manomayakośa. The Jīvātmā or the individual life dwells inside this Vijñānamayakośa and pervades the entire body. It is by the activity of Vijñānamayakośa that the Jīvātmā feels its individuality. Inside the Vijñānamayakośa there exists a fifth kośa (chest) called the Ānandamayakośa, which is the immediate covering of Jīvātmā, and which has no sense of individuality. The three Kośas, Ānandakośa, Vijñānakośa and Prāṇamayakośa together is called sūkṣmaśarīra (the subtle body). It must be remembered that sūkṣmaśarīra is different from Susūkṣmaśarīra (the minute subtle body).
Heart is the abode of the Jīvātmā. Hṛdi (in heart) ayam (this being--Jīvātmā exists). So the name ‘Hṛdaya’ (heart) is meaningful.(1) Ayaṁ puruṣaḥ bhāḥ satyaḥ tasmin antarhrdaye yathā vrīhir vā, yavovā, sa eṣa sarvasyeśānaḥ sarvasyādhipatih. (Bṛhadāraṇyaka)) The puruṣa (male being), which sits inside the heart or the Jīvātmā is as big as the toe according to the kaṭhopaniṣad.
The Jīvātmā or the Aparabrahman is without beginning. Even from the past which is beyond our thinking crores and crores of Jīvātmans had got into individuals and when the Annamayakośas of the individuals decayed due to death, they abandoned them and entered into new individuals. The author of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka gives an explanation to the question why this Jīvātmā which is as free as air enters the body of man, beast, bird, tree, rock etc. and subjects itself to misery and hardship. “Where does the Jīvātmā originate from? how does it enter this body?” Jīvātmā originates from paramātmā (the soul of the universe). As the shadow pervades the body of a man this Jīvātmā overshadows this body.” Śrī śaṅkarācārya expounds it in another way
he says that the Jīvātmā is tied to the body by the imagination or desires of the mind.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
जीवात्मन्
पु०
 जीवति जीव--अच् कर्म । प्राणसञ्चार-युक्ते आत्मनि प्राणिनि “संयोगो योग इत्युक्तो जीवा-त्मपरात्मनोः” योगशा० । जीवात्मन्! पश्य भद्रं तेमातरं पितरञ्च ते” भाग० ६ । १६ । २ ।
Capeller
German
जीवात्मन्
m.
 die individuelle Seele (ph.).
Burnouf
French
जीवात्मन् जीवात्मन्
m.
 (आत्मन्) Vd. l'esprit de vie,
l'âme vitale.