Meaning ahimsa
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ahimsa1875, from Sanskrit ahimsa, from a "without" + himsa "injury."
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ahimsaTaking care and concern to avoid injury to any sentient creature. This is the first of the five precepts of Buddhist life and a major principle of Jainism.
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ahimsanon-violence, non-injury - one of the yamas of ashtanga yoga
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ahimsanonviolence
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ahimsa(n) a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
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ahimsa"Without Harm" The moral precept of not harming living beings, practiced in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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ahimsaNonharming
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ahimsa(S/P) Non-violence: the ethical principle of not harming other living beings. Ajivakas
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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.
* '''2006''', Karen Armstrong, ''The Great Trans [..]
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