Jīva (Jainism)
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Jīva (Sanskrit: जीव) or Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul.[1] As per Jain cosmology, jīva or soul is the principle of sentience and is one of the tattvas or one of the fundamental substances forming part of the universe. The Jain metaphysics, states Jagmanderlal Jaini, divides the universe into two independent, everlasting, co-existing and uncreated categories called the jiva (soul) and the ajiva (Sanskrit: अजीव non-soul).[2] This basic premise of Jainism makes it a dualistic philosophy.[3] The jiva, according to Jainism, is an essential part of how the process of karma, rebirth and the process of liberation from rebirth works.[4]