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
- make shift
- make short work of
- make short/quick/light work of
- make so bold
- make some allowance for
- make someone (want to) puke
- make someone an honest woman
- make someone feel (right) at home
- make someone feel at home
- make someone feel right at home
- make someone puke
- make someone want to puke
- make someone wise to
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood curdle
- make someone's blood run cold
- make someone's day
- make someone's flesh crawl
- make someone's flesh crawl/creep
- make someone's flesh creep
- make someone's gorge rise
- congested
- congesting
- congestion
- congestions