[jī], m. the mind, heart.
[◀MIA: Pk. jīva-, jĭ̄a- m. ‘life, living creature’; Pa. jīva- m. ‘life, soul’ ◀OIA jīvá- ‘living’, m.n. ‘any living being, vital breath’ RV., ‘life’ MBh. <√jīv ‘live’ ◀PIE *gʷei̯-, gʷei̯ǝ-, gʷ(i)i̯ē-, gʷ(i)i̯ō-, gʷī- ‘to live’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. quick ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. vivid, vital, bio-, zodiac ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0411; (Turner, 1966) 5239, p.288; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 284; (MW, 1899) 0422; (Pokorny, 1959) 0467; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.594, 1.467
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