noun Hinduism.
- the principle of noninjury to living beings.
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- (in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist philosophy) the law of reverence for, and nonviolence to, every form of life
1875, from Sanskrit ahimsa, from a “without” + himsa “injury.”
noun Hinduism.
noun
1875, from Sanskrit ahimsa, from a “without” + himsa “injury.”