Ahimsa Definition

ə-hĭmsä

noun

A Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu doctrine expressing belief in the sacredness of all living creatures and urging the avoidance of harm and violence.

American Heritage

The doctrine that all life is one and sacred, resulting in the principle of nonviolence toward all living creatures.

Webster's New World

A doctrine of non-violence in Hinduism and Buddhism, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.

Wiktionary

Origin of Ahimsa

Sanskrit ahiṁsā a- not ne in Indo-European roots hiṁsā injury (from hiṁsati he injures)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

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