Himsa, Hiṃsā: 18 definitions

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Himsa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Alternative spellings of this word include Hinsa.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Hiṃsa (हिंस):—(von 1. hiṃs)

1) adj. verletzend, schädigend: ā.e hiṃsānā.apa di.yumā kṛdhi [Ṛgveda 10, 142, 1.] —

2) f. ā a) Leidzufügung am Leibe oder Gute, Schädigung [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 113. 30, 231.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 371. 830.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 596.] [Medinīkoṣa s. 13.] [Halāyudha 2, 323. 5, 24.] im Gegensatz zu vidyā [Yāska’s Nirukta 14, 8. 9.] — [MAITRYUP. 3, 5.] akṛtvā prāṇināṃ hiṃsām [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 48.] samā-car [5, 43. fg. 8, 285. 293. 297.] prāyā kṛṣiḥ [?10, 63. 83. 11, 63. 141. 145. 12, 7. Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 240. Bhagavadgītā 18, 25. KAṆ. 6, 1, 7. Nīlakaṇṭha 23 (pl.). Rāmāyaṇa 3, 1, 22.] vihāra [51, 20.] [Suśruta 1, 71, 1.] śīla [323, 8.] rucitva [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 29, 25.] rata [Spr. (II) 225. 5437. v. l. 6943] [?(= Mahābhārata 13,1664). 7391. Rājataraṅgiṇī.2,53.3,27. Oxforder Handschriften 80,b,6. fgg. 103,b,16. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.2,6,8.3,29,8.5,9,18. Pañcatantra 60,6. SARVADARŚANAS. 43,10. 115,14.] hiṃsopakārin [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 3, 72.] loka [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 28, 19.] bhūta [Oxforder Handschriften 103,b,16.] paśu [17.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 15, 7.] prāṇi [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 325. 3, 79.] sattvahiṃsā (so mit der ed. Calc. zu lesen) [1, 133.] ari vom Feinde kommend [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 57.] a [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 44. 10, 63. 11, 222.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 313.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13835.] ruci [Rāmāyaṇa.5,30,3.] [Spr. (II) 819. fgg. 1426. 6638. 6715.] [Oxforder Handschriften 80,b,9. 12. 103,b,16.] Personificirt ist die Hiṃsā die Gattin Adharma's [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 29.] eine Tochter Lobha's von der Niṣkṛti [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 8, 3.] — b) Asteracantha longifolia [Ratnamālā 54] wohl fehlerhaft für hiṃsrā .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Verse 4.8.28 < [Chapter 8 - In the Story of the Yajña-sītās, the Glories of Ekādaśī]

Verse 6.13.23 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]

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Verse 7.13 - Definition of hiṃsā (injury) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]

Verse 9.35 - Definition of cruel meditation (raudra-dhyāna) < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]

Verse 7.1 - Classification of the (fivefold) vow (vrata) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]

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Verse 4.162 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]

Verse 5.48 < [Section VI - Lawful and Forbidden Meat]

Section XLV - Violence (hiṃsā) < [Discourse VIII - Law (Civil and Criminal)]

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Rig Veda 10.74.1 < [Sukta 74]