ajivika
noun
aji·vi·ka
ä-ˈjē-və-kə
plural -s
: a member of a nontheistic religious sect greatly resembling Jainism that was founded by the Indian teacher Maskarin Gosala, a contemporary of the Buddha and Mahavira, and that flourished from the 6th to the 3d centuries b.c. as a rival of Buddhism and Jainism
Word History
Etymology
Sanskrit ājīvika, literally, following special rules with regard to livelihood, from ājīva livelihood, from ājīvati he lives on, from ā toward + jīvati he lives, from jīva living
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
- looked after
- looked ahead
- looked askance
- looked at
- looked back
- looked daggers
- looked down
- looked down (on or upon)
- looked down (on)
- looked down on
- looked down on or upon
- looked down one's nose
- looked down one's nose (at)
- looked down one's nose at
- looked for
- looked forward to
- looked in on
- looked into
- looked on
- looked on or upon
- looked out
- looked out (for)
- looked out for
- looked over
- looked round