Jiva (disambiguation)

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Jiva is the immortal essence of a living organism in Hinduism and Jainism.

Jiva or Jiwa may also refer to:

• Jīvá, a Sanskrit trigonometric term also known as jyā; see Jyā, koti-jyā and utkrama-jyā

People

• Jīva (nun) (fourth century C.E.), sister of a king of Kucha, and Buddhist nun
• Jiva Goswami (1513–1598), philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta Tradition
• Prakash Jiwa (born 1970), British Indian darts player

See also

• Jeeva (disambiguation)