ahimsa – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ahimsa
n.
Hindu and Buddhist philosophy and principle of nonviolence and revering all living creatures and refraining from harming any living thing
Ahimsa
Ahimsa (;
IAST: ,
Pāli: ) is a term meaning 'not to injure' and 'compassion'. The word is derived from the Sanskrit root
hiṃs – to strike;
hiṃsā is injury or harm,
a-hiṃsā is the opposite of this, i.e. cause no injury, do no harm. Ahimsa is also referred to as
nonviolence, and it applies to all living beings - including all animals - according to many Indian religions.
ahimsa
Noun
1. a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
(hypernym) religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
(classification) Buddhism
ahimsa
n.
ahimsa
Ahimsa
Ahimsa (Sanskrit) [from a not + the verbal root hims to injure, kill, destroy] Harmlessness; one of the cardinal virtues. The sanctity of life is imbodied in the teachings of the Buddhists and Jains, as well as of many Hindu schools. Asoka, the first Buddhist emperor, particularly espoused ahimsa as part of the practice of dharma. According to Manu (4:148), one may acquire the faculty of "remembering former births" by the observance of ahimsa.
In the Vamana-Purana, ahimsa is personified as the wife of Dharma, whose offspring, Nara and Narayana (epithets of Arjuna and Krishna respectively), pointed the way to spiritual enlightenment.
