Nine abhavi jive
“Abhavi jiv” (more correctly “Abhavya jiva”) means:
- Abhavya jiva = those souls who, by their very nature and very heavy mithyatva (wrong belief), are incapable of ever attaining moksha.
- They will never get samyak darshan (right faith), and therefore never walk the true path to liberation.
- Opposite category = Bhavya jiva – souls who can one day attain moksha.
About “nine abhavi jive”:
- In Jain philosophy, abhavya is a category of souls, not a fixed list of 9 named jivas.
- Jain texts do not give a standard list of “nine” specific abhavya jivas by name.
- The number nine is usually connected with Nav Tattva (nine fundamentals), not with abhavya jivas.
So, in simple words: There are bhavya jivas (can be liberated) and abhavya jivas (can never be liberated), but there is no commonly accepted list of “nine abhavi jive” in the basic Jain doctrine.
You can read a clear explanation of Bhavya and Abhavya jiva here: