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.
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Ahimsa
//əˈhɪmsɑː//
Synonyms for "ahimsa" (3 found)
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13 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不殺生 /不杀生 noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Finnish
1 entries- ahimsa noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Indonesian
1 entries- ahimsa noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Japanese
1 entries- 不殺生 noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Korean
1 entries- 비살생 noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Lao
1 entries- ອະຫິງສາ noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Malay
1 entries- ahimsa noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Marathi
1 entries- अहिंसा noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Portuguese
1 entries- ahimsa noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Swedish
1 entries- ahimsa noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Tamil
1 entries- அகிம்சை noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Telugu
1 entries- అహింస noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Thai
1 entries- อหิงสา noun (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.
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