Dictionary Meaning of அஜீவாஸ்திகாயம்

பஞ்சாஸ்திகாயத்தொன்று. Ajīva or things inanimate as opp. to jīva, which is divided into two classes, arūpi, 'without form', which is subdivided into tarmāstikāyam, atarmāstikāyam, ākācāstikāyam and kālam, and rūpi, 'with form', which is known as puṟkalāstikāyam (some identify

n.< a-jīva + asti-kāya. (Jaina.) Ajīva or thingsinanimate as opp. to jīva, which is divided intotwo classesarūpi, `without form', which issubdivided into tarmāstikāyam, atarmāstikā-yam, ākācāstikāyam and kālam, and rūpi,`with form', which is known as puṟkalāstikāyam(some identify this last with ajīvāstikāyam),one of pañcāstikāyam, q.v.; பஞ்சாஸ்திகாயத்தொன்று.