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ahimsa

  • /əˈhɪmsɑː/

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

noun ahinsa

  1. Hinduism, Jainism, uncountable 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.

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noun doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism

한국어비살생 bisalsaeng
日本語不殺生 fusesshō
中文不殺生 /不杀生 bùshāshēng
Portuguêsahimsa

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"ahimsa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ahimsa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ahimsa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ahimsa.

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@misc{ahimsa_2026,
  title = {ahimsa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ahimsa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}