ahimsa
See also: ahiṃsā
English
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- IPA(key): /əˈhɪmsɑː/
Noun
ahimsa (uncountable)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them. [from 19th c.]
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 79:
- Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age.
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 9:
- This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 79:
Portuguese
Noun
ahimsa m or f (in variation) (uncountable)
- ahimsa (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
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