Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

ahiṃsā अहिंसा – non-injury

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

non-injury

Derived from

  1. a अ previx — negative prefix a-; not; without
  2. hiṃsā हिंसा substantive feminine — injury
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

áhiṃsā ·f. the not injuring or being injured, harmlessness.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

A-hiṃsā, f. harmlessness, not injuring anything, one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindū sects, but particularly of the Buddhists and Jainas; security, safeness.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

áhiṃsā (3. a + hiṃsā) f. 1〉 das Niemand-Etwas-zu-Leide-Thun H. 81. CHĀND. UP. 3,17,4. NIR. 1,16. M. 5,44. M. 6,75. M. 10,63. M. 11,222. M. 12,83. BHAG. 10,5. R. 3,13,30. PAÑCAT. 166,19. PAÑCAT. III, 105. HIT. 19,22. mit dem gen. des obj. M. 2,159. M. 6,60. — 2〉 Unverletztheit ŚAT. BR. 2,5,1,14. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,1,26. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,1,32. u. s. w. AIT. BR. 1,30.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ahiṃsā 1〉 personif. als Gattin Dharmaʼs Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,b,30.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

áhiṃsā f. — 1〉 das Niemand Etwas zu Leide Thun. Personif. als Gattin Dharmaʼs. — 2〉 Unverletztheit.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

ahiṃsā 1 Harmlessness, abstaining from killing or giving pain to others in thought, word, or deed; as ahiṃsā paramo dharbhaḥ; Bg. 10. 5; Ms. 10. 63, Ms. 5. 44, Ms. 6. 75. 2 Security.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

áhiṃsā f. das Nichtszuleidetum.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

ahiṃsā ahiṃsā f. absence de haine; douceur, bienveillance.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 32–33: Yama and Niyama 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.35–39: Perfected Yamas 1 occurrence

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