"अहिंसा" meaning in Sanskrit

See अहिंसा in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɐ́.ɦĩ.sɑː/ [Vedic], /ɐ.ɦĩ.s̪ɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: ahiṃsā [romanization]
Etymology: अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*ǵʰeys-}}, {{root|sa|sa|हिंस्}}, {{prefix|sa|अ-|हिंसा}} अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=ahiṃsā}} अहिंसा • (ahiṃsā) stem, f
  1. nonviolence
    Sense id: en-अहिंसा-sa-noun-0~GOd3W9 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्, Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 35 35 29
  2. harmlessness
    Sense id: en-अहिंसा-sa-noun-S3V8Aa-Y Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्, Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 35 35 29
  3. security, safety
    Sense id: en-अहिंसा-sa-noun--l8capc- Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्, Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 35 35 29
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "violence, robbery",
      "roman": "hiṃsā",
      "word": "हिंसा"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অহিংসা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অহিংসা (ohiṅśa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অহিংসা (ohiṅśa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ahimsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ahimsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ahimsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अहिंसा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: अहिंसा (ahinsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: अहिंसा (ahinsā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਅਹਿੰਸਾ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਅਹਿੰਸਾ (ahinsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਅਹਿੰਸਾ (ahinsā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "اہمسا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ahimsā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: اہمسا (ahimsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: اہمسا (ahimsā)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰeys-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "हिंस्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अ-",
        "3": "हिंसा"
      },
      "expansion": "अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ahiṃsā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "ahiṃsā"
      },
      "expansion": "अहिंसा • (ahiṃsā) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nonviolence"
      ],
      "id": "en-अहिंसा-sa-noun-0~GOd3W9",
      "links": [
        [
          "nonviolence",
          "nonviolence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "harmlessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-अहिंसा-sa-noun-S3V8Aa-Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "harmlessness",
          "harmlessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "security, safety"
      ],
      "id": "en-अहिंसा-sa-noun--l8capc-",
      "links": [
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "safety",
          "safety"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ́.ɦĩ.sɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.ɦĩ.s̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अहिंसा"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "violence, robbery",
      "roman": "hiṃsā",
      "word": "हिंसा"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस्",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeys-",
    "Sanskrit terms prefixed with अ-",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অহিংসা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অহিংসা (ohiṅśa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অহিংসা (ohiṅśa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ahimsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ahimsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ahimsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अहिंसा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: अहिंसा (ahinsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: अहिंसा (ahinsā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਅਹਿੰਸਾ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਅਹਿੰਸਾ (ahinsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਅਹਿੰਸਾ (ahinsā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "اہمسا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ahimsā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: اہمسا (ahimsā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: اہمسا (ahimsā)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰeys-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "हिंस्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अ-",
        "3": "हिंसा"
      },
      "expansion": "अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "अ- (a-) + हिंसा (hiṃsā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ahiṃsā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "ahiṃsā"
      },
      "expansion": "अहिंसा • (ahiṃsā) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nonviolence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonviolence",
          "nonviolence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "harmlessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harmlessness",
          "harmlessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "security, safety"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "safety",
          "safety"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ́.ɦĩ.sɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.ɦĩ.s̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अहिंसा"
}

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