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| | Jiva - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia. |
 | | The constituents of jiva, according to Vedant, are (i) Atman or Self, (ii) Avidya or ignorance enveloping the self, (iii) Chidabhasa or reflection of the Self in the Ego, (iv) karama sarira, the causal body, (v) linga sarira constituting prana (vital airs), man, ahankara and buddhi, and (vi) gross physical body. |
 | | jiva also stands for atma or jivatma since that is presumed to be the source of life in any living being. |
 | | In brief, jiva in gurbani stands for a living being or for any of the features—life, consciousness, mind or soul (jivatma) — that are deemed to characterize a living being in general, more specifically man. |
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