jiva

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)  All living beings; the essence or soul of such beings.
 * 2) * 1886, Nandalal Dhole (translator), Mādhava [ ], A Hand Book of Hindu Pantheism: The , Heeralal Dhole, page 209,
 * Though in the Panchadasi, Vidyarana Swami mentions Jiva to be a reflection in the internal organ, and as that internal organ is not present in the profound slumbering condition, consequently, then, there should be no Jiva also; but as Prajna, almost ignorant—a form of Jiva—continues in dramless [sic] profound slumber, therefore what the Swami purports to mean is, the particle of ignorance modified or changed into the form of internal organ, and intelligence reflected therein is called Jiva, and that ignorance is never wanting in prfound [sic] slumber, consequently Prajna also is not wanting then.