Definitions for ahimsas

ahimsas a·him·sa

Spelling: [uh-him-sah, uh-hing-]
IPA: /əˈhɪm sɑ, əˈhɪŋ-/

Ahimsas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in ahimsas (aahimss).

Definitions for ahimsas

noun

  1. the principle of noninjury to living beings.

Origin of ahimsas

1870-75; Sanskrit, equivalent to a- not, without (cognate with a-6) + hiṁsā injury, akin to hánti (he) slays, Greek phónos murder

Examples for ahimsas

ahimsa requires deliberate self-suffering, not a deliberate injuring of the supposed wrong-doer.

ahimsa truly understood is in my humble opinion a panacea for all evils mundane and extra-mundane.

The Wardha mosquitoes don't know a thing about ahimsa, 44-6 Swamiji!

It is not written that a follower of the religion of ahimsa (non-killing) may kill a fellow-man.

He hated no one, for that would be a negation of the great principle of ahimsa, on which he expatiated with immense earnestness.

In its positive form, ahimsa means the largest love, the greatest charity.

But Mr. Gandhi, with all his visionary idealism, was letting loose dangerous forces which recked naught of ahimsa.

It is firmly based on the Hindu idea of ahimsa, and hence avoids physical violence.

By birth I am a Vaishnavite, and was taught ahimsa in my childhood.

A man cannot then practice ahimsa and be a coward at the same time.

Word Value for ahimsas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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