Jiva (disambiguation)

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Jiva is the immortal essence of a living organism in Hinduism and Jainism.

Jiva, Jīva, or Jiwa may also refer to:

Jīva (Jainism), the word used to refer the soul substance in Jainism
Jīvá, a Sanskrit trigonometric term also known as jyā; see Jyā, koti-jyā and utkrama-jyā

People

Jīva (nun) (fl. 4th century CE), sister of a king of Kucha, and Buddhist nun
Jiva Goswami (1513–1598), philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta Tradition
Prakash Jiwa (born 1970), British Indian darts player

See also

Jeeva (disambiguation)

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