ahimsa
noun/əˈhɪmsɑː/
Etymology
From Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).
- borrowed from अहिंसा
Definitions
A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an…
A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
- 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.
- This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.
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