ahimsa
See also: ahiṃsā
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Etymology edit
From Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).
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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, published 2007, page 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, published 2017, page 9:
- 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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doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).
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ahimsa (first-person possessive ahimsaku, second-person possessive ahimsamu, third-person possessive ahimsanya)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) ahimsa: A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
Further reading edit
- “ahimsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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ahimsa m or f (uncountable)
- ahimsa (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)