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Keywords: Soul, Ego, Ajiva, Eternal, Embodied

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1. Living creature. 2. the spirit individualised and upholding the living being in its evolution from birth to birth (the full term is jivatman).

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The spirit contained within all living things, be they human, animal, or plant.

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A separated unit of consciousness.

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The individual soul. Body and ego-bound consciousness. An unenlightened human being.

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1) 'That which is living', derived from verb-root 'jiv' - to live. Individual, embodied soul still bound by mãyã and consequently undergoing the cycle of births and deaths. Infinite in number. With the three bodies - sthul (gross), sukshma (subtle), and kãran (causal) - and three states - waking, dream, and deep sleep. First of the five eternal entities. See also other four eternal entities: ishwar, mãyã, Akshar and Purushottam. 2) Often used synonymously with ãtmã, i.e., a pure soul distinct from all traces of mãyã {Panchala-3}.

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living entity, eternal individual soul

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the in-dwelling spiritual Self or Atman. From the verb root `jiv` to live.

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An eternal finite spirit soul, qualitatively equal with the Supreme Soul.

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The embodied soul, a living being, an ordinary person.

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An embodied being; ordinary fellow who has not yet realized his true divine nature.

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(Lit. living being.) The individual soul, which in essence is one with the Universal Soul.

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Jiva means the individual soul. Jiva and Brahm originally were quite akin to each other and it is only the individuality of the Jiva that effected a difference between the two.

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individual soul with ego

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living being or life. The individual soul, which in essence is one with the Universal Soul.

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The individual soul; the ego.

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The soul of a person, essentially the same as Atman. It is made of spiritual or divine matter. It is a concept borrowed from Jainism, and is usually contrasted to ajiva .

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It is the empirical self, individual soul or the living being.

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Self, as conditioned by body-mind; individual soul.

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in the Jain tradition, all living, sentient beings, whose liberation is prevented by their attachment to ajiva, or the non-living material world.

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