ahiṃsā

ahiṃsā f. (-sā) Harmlessness, doing injury to nothing, one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindu sects, but particularly of the Bauddhas and Jainas.

E. a neg. hiṃsā hurt.

a-hiṃsā (sā) 1. f. Harmlessness.

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. —Ahiṃsā-nirata, as, ā, am, devoted to

harmlessness or gentleness.

á-hiṃsā, f. non-injuring (any creature).

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, 5. 44, 6. 75.

2 Security.

áhiṃsā f. the not injuring or being injured, harmlessness.

á-hiṃsā f. not injuring anything, harmlessness (one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindū sects, but particularly of the Buddhists and Jains; also personified as the wife of Dharma, VāmP.), ChUp.; Nir.; Mn. &c.

security, safeness, ŚBr.; AitBr.

ahiṃsā

f. (-sā) Harmlessness, doing injury to nothing, one of the car-
dinal virtues of most Hindu sects, but particularly of the Baud-
dhas and Jainas.

E. a neg. hiṃsā hurt.

ahiṃsā 1 Harmlessness, abstaining from killing or giving pain to others in thought, word or deed; as ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ, ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭiḥ Bg.10.5; yattapo dānamārjavamahiṃsā Ch. Up.3.17.4. Ms.10.63. yā vedavihitā hiṃsā niyatā'smiṃścarācare | ahiṃsāmeva tāṃ vidyādvedāddharmo hi nirbabhau || Ms.5.44.6.75. One of the cardinal virtues of most Hindu sects, The Jainas deserve special credit for making it social virtue of good conduct among the Hindus. -2 Security.

ahiṃsā ahiṃsā f. absence de haine; douceur, bienveillance.

a-hiṃsā- f. non violence, abstention du mal, respect de la vie.

°nirata- a. qui aime ne pas faire de mal.

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. 6, 75. 10, 63. 11, 222. 12, 83. BHAG. 10, 5. R. 3, 13, 30. PAÑCAT. 166, 19. III, 105. HIT. 19, 22. mit dem gen. des obj. M. 2, 159. 6, 60.

— 2) Unverletztheit ŚAT. BR. 2, 5, 1, 14. 6, 3, 1, 26. 32. u.s.w. AIT. BR. 1, 30.

ahiṃsā

1) personif. als Gattin Dharma's Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,b,30.

áhiṃsā f.

— 1) das Niemand Etwas zu Leide Thun. Personif. als Gattin Dharma's.

— 2) Unverletztheit.

áhiṃsā f. das Nichtszuleidetum.

ahiṃsā f. (ex a priv. et hiṃsā offensio, a r. hiṃs suff. ā)

mansuetudo, clementia, benevolentia. BH. 10. 5. N. 6. 10.

ahiṃsā strī hinma—aṅ na0 ta0 . 1 vāṅmamanaḥkāyaiḥ
parapīḍābhāve, 2 prāṇipīḍānivṛttau, 3 aśāstrīyaprāṇi-
pīḍanābhāve ca “ahiṃsāparamo dharmma” iti smṛtiḥ .
“yā veda vihitā hiṃsā niyatāsmiṃścarācare . ahiṃsāmeva
tāṃ vidyāt vedāddharmmohi nirbabhau” manunā vaidhahiṃsāyāṃ
doṣābhāvauktaḥ etacca mīmāṃsakādinaye sāṃkhyanaye tu
śāstrīyahiṃsāyāmapi doṣaḥ yathoktaṃ sāṃ0 kā0 .
“dṛṣṭavadānuśravikaḥ sa hyaviśuddhikṣayātiśayayuktaḥ” . avi-
śuddhirhiṃsādoṣasaṃsargaḥ yathā ca vaidhahiṃsāyāṃ doṣasaṃsargastatho-
ktamaśuddhiśabde 476 pṛṣṭhe . etasyāśca bhāvarūpatvaṃ gītā-
yāmuktam “buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ .
ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭiḥ” ityupakramya “bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṃ matta-
eva pṛthagvidhāḥ” . iyañca sādhāraṇadharmmaḥ . “ahiṃsā
satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ etat sāmāsikaṃ dharmaṃ
cāturvaṇye'bravīnmanuḥ” iti manūkteḥ “kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śaucaṃ
dānamindriyasaṃyamaḥ . ahiṃsā guruśuśrūṣā tīrthānusaraṇaṃ
dayā, ārjavaṃ hrīralobhaśca devabrāhmaṇapūjanam . ana-
bhyasūyā ca tathā dharmmaḥ sāmānya ucyate “viṣṇūkteḥ
“ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ . dānaṃ śamodayā
kṣāntiḥ sarveṣāṃ dharmmasādhanamiti” yājña0 ukteśca “sarveṣāṃ
puruṣāṇāṃ brāhmaṇādyācaṇḍālāntaṃ dharmmasādhanamiti”
“sādhāraṇadharmaścāhiṃsādiḥ” “na hiṃsyāt sarvābhūtānoti”
śrutyuktaḥ ācāṇḍāntaṃ sādhāraṇadharmaḥ” mitā0 . iyañca “a-
hiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryyāparigrahā yamāḥ” pāta0 ukto yama
bhedaḥ, “ahiṃsā nāma manovākkāyaiḥ sarvadā sarvabhūtānāma-
pīḍanaṃ sā paramaḥ śuddhodharmaḥ “ahiṃsā paramogharma” ityukteḥ
anye satyādaya etasyā eva śuddhyarthāḥ tathā coktaṃ “sa khalvayaṃ
brāhmaṇo yathā yathā tāni vratāni samāditsati tathā tathā
pramādakṛtebhyo hiṃsānidānebhyo nivarttamānastāmevāvadā-
tarūpāmahiṃsāṃ karotīti” vṛttiḥ . tasyāśca kathaṃkarttavyatā
tadapi “vitarkabādhane pratipakṣabhāvanam” pāta0 sū0
darśitam “eteṣāṃ yamaniyamānāṃ vitarkairhiṃsādisaṃ-
kalpaiḥ haniṣyāmyenamasatyaṃ vadiṣyāmi parasvamādāsye ityā-
dibhiḥ bādhane prāpte sati yamaparo brāhmaṇaḥ pratipakṣabhāva
naṃ kuryyāt ghoreṣu saṃsārāṅgāreṣu pāpacyamānena yena mayā
śaraṇamupagataḥ sarvabhūtābhayapradānena yamādidharmmaḥ sa
khalvahaṃ tyaktvā hiṃsādīn punastānādadānastulyaḥ śunā .
yathā śvā vāntāśī tathā tyaktasya punarādāne iti vitarka
pratipakṣān bhāvayedityarthaḥ” vṛttiḥ . vitarkāṇāṃ svarūpa-
prakārakāraṇāvāntarabhedaphalāni pañcabhiḥ padaiḥ krameṇa
vadan pratipakṣabhāvanaṃ sphuṭayati . “vitarkāḥ kṛtakāritānu-
moditā lobhakrodhamohapūrvvakā mṛdumadhyātimātrā
duḥkhājñānānantaphalā iti pratipakṣabhāvanam” pāta0 sū0 .
“vitarkyanta iti vitarkāhiṃsādayaḥ iti svarūpoktiḥ . tatra-
hiṃsā triprakārā svayaṃkṛtā, kurviti kāritā, sādhusādhvi
tyanumoditā ceti tatrekaikā punastrivighā bhavati kāraṇabhe-
dāt māṃsādilobhena, apakṛtamaneneti krodhena, dharmo bhaviṣya-
tīti mohena ca . evaṃ navavidhā jātā hiṃsā . lobhakrodhamohā
api pratyekaṃ trividhā bhavanti mṛdumadhyātimātratvena . tatpū-
rvvakāhiṃsādayo'pi mṛdavomadhyā atimātrāśca bhavanti .
tathā kṛtakāritānumoditāśca pratyekaṃ navadhā bhavantīti hiṃ-
sāyāḥ saptaviṃśatirbhedā bhavanti . mṛdumadhyātimātrā api
pratyekaṃ tridhā bhavanti mṛdumṛdurmadhyamṛdustīvramṛduḥmṛdu-
madhyomadhyamadhyastīvramadhyaḥ mṛdutīvromadhyatīvrastīvratīvraśceti
evaṃ lobho navavidhaḥ evaṃ krodhamohāviti tatpūrvvakṛtā-
hiṃsā saptaviṃśatibhedābhavanti tathā kāritānumoditā cettha-
mekāśītibhedā hiṃsā bhavati” vṛttiḥ . teṣāṃ phalānyāha duḥ-
khājñānānantaphalā iti . manunāpi “anumantā viśasitā
niyantā krayavikrayī . saṃskarttā copaharttā ca ṣaḍete ghātakāḥ
smṛtāḥ” ityanena anumatyādīnāṃ hiṃsāsādhanatvamuktam
yamamadhye'hiṃsāphalamapyāha pāta0 sū0 . “ahiṃsāprati-
ṣṭhāyāṃ tatsannidhau vairatyāgaḥ” . ahiṃsāsiddhau satyāṃ tasyā'
hiṃsakasya munivaryyasya sannidhau svabhāvaviruddhānāmapi ahinaku-
lādīnāṃ vairatyāgaḥ asyāeva prabhāvāt . ataeva kavibhiḥ
ahiṃsāyamaprabhāvādeva śāntāśramaḥ “virodhisattvojjhitapūrvva-
vatsaramityādi” varṇṇyate .

Ahiṃsā — one aspect of Sanātana dharma, largely

observed in Tretāyuga;¹ non-injury in thought, speech and

action towards all beings prescribed for ascetics.² [Footnote] 1) Br. II. 29. 69; 30, 35; III. 23. 51, 68 and 72. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 18.

15-16; M. 61. 15; 106. 48; 143. 12-13 and 30.

AHIṂSĀ . Non-injury. There are opinions both in favour

of and against Ahiṃsā in the purāṇas. Śukrācārya ex-

tols the importance of Ahiṃsā to the asuras (demons)

thus:

Bho! Devaripavaḥ satyaṃ

Bravīmi bhavatāṃ hitam

Ahiṃsā paramo dharmo

Hantavyā hyātatāyinaḥ

Dvijairbhogaratairvede

Darśitaṃ hiṃsanam paśoḥ

Jihvāsvādaparaiḥ Kāma—

Mahiṃsaiva parā matā.

“Oh, foes of the devas, I shall tell you the truth which is

good for you. Non-injury to any living being is the most

righteous thing. Do not molest even those who come to

kill you. Even that act would be ‘hiṃsā’ (injury). It

was those brahmins who were attached to worldly plea-

sures and addicted to overeating that enjoined in the

Vedas that hiṃsā is permissible for yāgas.” (Devī Bhāga-

vata, Skanda 4). Mārkaṇḍeya Muni (sage) says thus:

“Why should I mind the innumerable killings going on

unnoticed in this world full of life. People of old speak

very sacredly about Ahiṃsā. But O best of brahmins,

who can live in this world without injury to another

life?” (M.B., Araṇya Parva, Ślokas 32 & 33, Chapter

208).