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
- dealt (with)
- dealt a fatal blow
- dealt for
- dealt in
- dealt out
- dealt with
- deambulation
- deambulatories
- deambulatory
- deaminase
- deaminases
- deaminate
- deaminated
- deaminates
- deaminating
- deamination
- deaminations
- deaminise
- deaminizations
- deaminized
- deaminizes
- deaminizing
- dean
- dean of a peculiar
- dean of Christianity