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
- take it on the chin
- take it on the lam
- take it one day at a time
- take it or leave it
- take it out of
- take it out of (someone)
- take it out of someone
- take it out on
- take it personally
- take it upon oneself
- take it upon/on oneself
- take it/things day by day
- take it/things one day at a time
- take its toll
- take kindly to
- take leave of
- take leave of (someone)
- take leave of one's senses
- take leave of someone
- take leg bail
- take legal action
- take liberties
- take lightly
- take long
- take lying down