hiṃsā हिंसा – injury
substantive feminine
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive feminine
injury
Derived from
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
Hiṃsā, f. injuring, injury, mischief, hurt, harm, wrong (said to be of three kinds, 1. mental or malice; 2. verbal or abuse; 3. personal or actual violence); killing, slaying; robbery, spoliation.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
hiṃsā [hiṃs-a] 1 Injury, mischief, wrong, harm, hurt (said to be of three kinds:-kāyika ‘personal’, vācika ‘verbal’, and mānasika ‘mental’); ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ. 2 Killing, slaying, destruction; R. 5. 57; R. 3. 313; Ms. 10. 63. 3 Robbery, plunder. Comp. — ātmaka a. injurious, destructive. — karman n. 1 any hurtful or injurious act. 2 magic used to effect the ruin or injury of an enemy (= abhicāra q. v.). — prāṇin m. a noxious animal. — rata a. delighting ([Page 1171-b]) in mischief. — ruci a, intent on or delighting in mischief; Māl. 5. 29, — samudbhava a, arising from injury.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
hiṃsā f. Verletzung, Schädigung.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
hiṃsā hiṃsā f. (hiṃs) blessure, meurtre. Offense, injure, méfait; désir de nuire. hiṃsākarman n. operation magique faite en vue de nuire. hiṃsātmaka a. (ātman) disposé à nuire. [Page755-1] hiṃsāru m. (sfx. āru) tigre. hiṃsālu a. (sfx. ālu) disposé à nuire. hiṃsāluka a. mms. — S. m. chien malfaisant ou sauvage. hiṃsīra m. (sfx. īra) un misérable. Tigre.
Derived words
Occurrences in source texts (7)
DYS 1 occurrence
HP 2 occurrences
PYS 3 occurrences
SiSa 1 occurrence
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