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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--ahimsa This week's theme: loanwords from Sanskrit. 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).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "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 politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks particularly jarred upon my sentiments of Ahimsa." M.K. Gandhi; The Story of My Experiments With Truth; 1927. X-Bonus Why should I give them my mind as well? -Dalai Lama, when asked if he wasn't angry at the Chinese for taking over his country. (1935- )

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