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What is jeevaani
“Jeevaani” (or Jeevani / Jivani / जीवनी) is not a technical Jain philosophical term, but it is commonly used in Jain circles in an everyday way.
Main meanings:
- Life‑story / biography
- In Hindi / Gujarati etc. “jeevani” normally means biography – someone’s life history. - So when we say: - “Bhagwan Mahavir ni jeevani” – it means the life-story of Bhagwan Mahavir. - “Acharya ni jeevani” – biography of an Acharya. - Jains often use the word like this in books, pravachans, and pathshalā.
- Related to ‘jeev’ (soul) and ‘jeevan’ (life)
- Root word is jeev / jīv (जीव) = living being / soul. - From that we get jeevan = life, and in common speech “jeevani” is something connected to life or the story of a life.
In strict Jain philosophy, the precise word is “jeev” for soul and “jeevan” for life; “jeevani” is mainly used in the simple, common sense of ‘life‑story’ (biography).
