ahiṃsā अहिंसा – non-injury
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
non-injury
Derived from
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
HP 2 occurrences
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