ahimsa (uh-HIM-sah, uh-HIN-sah) noun
The principle of refraining from harming any living being.
[From Sanskrit ahimsa, from a- (not) + hinsa (injury).]"As my conception of ahimsa went on maturing, I became more vigilant
about my thought and speech. The lines in the Anthem:
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their policies,
Frustrate their knavish tricks
particularly jarred upon my sentiments of Ahimsa."
M.K. Gandhi; The Story of My Experiments With Truth; 1927.
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