What does ahimsa mean in crosswords?

ahimsa means: a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈhɪmsɑː/Part of speech nounSorted aahimsStarts with AEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word

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a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

“Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age.”
“This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.”

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