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
- in the back of one's mind
- in the background
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the ballpark
- in the bargain
- in the beginning
- in the belief that
- in the best light
- in the black
- in the blink of an eye
- in the bud
- in the buff
- in the business of
- in the bygoing
- in the can
- in the cards
- in the care of
- in the catbird seat
- in the chips
- in the clear
- in the clouds
- in the clover
- in the club
- in the clutch