Get to know Ahimsa better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gospel or creed.
Ahimsa in a sentence
Ahimsa meaning
A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
Using Ahimsa
- The main meaning on this page is: A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
- Useful related words include: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed.
- In the example corpus, ahimsa often appears in combinations such as: of ahimsa, ahimsa non-violence, ahimsa and.
Context around Ahimsa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ahimsa
- In this selection, "ahimsa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nonviolence, unto, put, non, applied and entertainment stand out and add context to how "ahimsa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ahimsa also provide and ahimsa has also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ahimsa" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ahimsa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ahimsa is not meant to imply pacifism. (7 words)
AHIMSA also provide mobile water sprinklers when the crops near harvest. (11 words)
Tana Bhagats are followers of and believe in Ahimsa (Non-violence). (11 words)
U2 guitarist The Edge said: “India has been on our bucket list for a very long time, the principles of ahimsa or non-violence have served as an important pillar of what our band stands for since we first came together to play music. (44 words)
Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture & Mahatma Gandhi Institute. p. 48 A historical and philosophical study of Ahimsa was instrumental in the shaping of Albert Schweitzer 's principle of "reverence for life". (32 words)
For example, Tähtinen suggests self-defence is appropriate, criminals are not protected by the rule of Ahimsa, and Hindu scriptures support the use of violence against an armed attacker. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some reasons are: the principle of nonviolence ( ahimsa ) applied to animals; Tähtinen, Unto: Ahimsa.
For their perception of ahimsa to be anything less than hypocrisy, they would need to stop eating, wearing, and otherwise using nonhuman animals.
The distribution rights for 'LEO' put Ahimsa Entertainment in the spotlight once again.
AHIMSA also provide mobile water sprinklers when the crops near harvest.
U2 guitarist The Edge said: “India has been on our bucket list for a very long time, the principles of ahimsa or non-violence have served as an important pillar of what our band stands for since we first came together to play music.
Tana Bhagats are followers of and believe in Ahimsa (Non-violence).
According to Kaneda, the term Ahimsa is an important spiritual doctrine shared by Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
Across the texts of Hinduism, there is a profusion of ideas about the virtue of Ahimsa when applied to non-human life, but without a universal consensus.
Ahimsa has also been related to the notion that any violence has karmic consequences.
Ahimsa is not meant to imply pacifism.
Ahimsa was already part of the "Fourfold Restraint" (Caujjama), the vows taken by Parshva’s followers.
Alternate theories of self-defence, inspired by Ahimsa, build principles similar to theories of just war.
Among the five-sensed beings, the precept of non-injury and non-violence to the rational ones (humans) is strongest in Jain Ahimsa.
As a strong advocate of Swaraj, he was against Gandhi 's policy of Total- ahimsa (non-violence), satyagraha and advocated the use of force where necessary.
For example, Tähtinen suggests self-defence is appropriate, criminals are not protected by the rule of Ahimsa, and Hindu scriptures support the use of violence against an armed attacker.
Gandhi believed Ahimsa to be a creative energy force, encompassing all interactions leading one's self to find satya, "Divine Truth".
He did not make Ahimsa a matter of rule, but suggested it as a matter of principle.
He emphasized on the virtues of Ahimsa, respect to all religious teachers, equal respect for and study of each other's scriptures, and on rational faith.
In classical Sanskrit literature of Hinduism, another word Adrohi is sometimes used instead of Ahimsa, as one of the cardinal virtues necessary for moral life.
Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture & Mahatma Gandhi Institute. p. 48 A historical and philosophical study of Ahimsa was instrumental in the shaping of Albert Schweitzer 's principle of "reverence for life".
Common combinations with ahimsa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of ahimsa 11×
- ahimsa non-violence 3×
- ahimsa and 3×
- ahimsa as 3×
- ahimsa to 2×
- ahimsa is 2×
- ahimsa was 2×
- ahimsa applies 2×