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ahinsa

ahinsa is the alternative spelling of ahimsa.

Meaning of ahimsa

Noun

ahimsa (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) 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.2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 79

Questions about ahinsa

What is ahinsa the alternative spelling of?
Ahinsa is the alternative spelling of ahimsa.

Words near ahinsa in the dictionary

  1. ahimsa
  2. ahimsa silk
  3. ahimsa silks
  4. ahind
  5. ahing
  6. ahinsa
  7. ahint
  8. Ahir
  9. Ahirman
  10. Ahirs
  11. ahis

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