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| '''Jīva''' (devanāgarī: जीव) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "soul, life, vital breath". In [[Hinduism]] and [[Jainism]], a jiva is a living being, or more specifically, the immortal essence of a living organism (human, animal, fish or plant etc.) which survives physical death. It has a similar usage to atma, "the cosmic self", although jīva denotes an individual 'living entity' or 'living being' specifically.
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| In [[Theosophy]] this word is frequently used as a synonym of the manifested "life-principle" ([[prāṇa]]):<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. V (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 111.</ref>
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| <blockquote>Esoteric Buddhists or Arhats, recognizing but one life, ubiquitous and omnipresent, call by the name of “Jiv,” the manifested life, the second principle; and by Atman or Jivatman, the seventh principle or unmanifested life.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 547.</ref></blockquote>
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| However, sometimes the term is used in a more loose way to refer to the universal life,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 607, fn.</ref> or even to the [[Monad]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 238.</ref>
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| ==Online Resources==
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| ===Articles===
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| *[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=J%C4%ABva# Jīva] at Theosopedia
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| == Notes ==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
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| [[Category:Theosophical concepts]]
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