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jīvitaṁ

jīvita

nominative singular neuter; or accusative singular neuter

1. life
2. livelihood
3. the faculty of life

Built from

• jīv — root · live, be alive
  The root denotes the vital principle of life and animation. Cognates: Latin vivus, English quick (archaic for 'living').
• ita — ending · past participle
  The past participle ending -ita here forms a noun (neuter) expressing the state or faculty of having lived; here it denotes life as an enduring condition.

Etymology. From√jīv (to live), cognate with Latin vivus (alive), English quick (in the sense 'living'), and Sanskrit jīvati. The root expresses the vital spark or breath animating a body.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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