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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ahimsa #119228 01/09/2004 2:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ahimsa Noun 1. ahimsa - a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ahimsa #119229 01/09/2004 7:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Dear Doc It might interest you to know that the word comes from the 'Sanskrit' root 'himsa', meaning violence, and the a- prefix, as in many Indo-European languages, negates it. The negative, again as is usual in English, does not mean anti- or opposed to it, as much as renouncing it. Similarly, amoral means someone or some act, that has no morals, as opposed to immoral which means against that which is moral. cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ahimsa #119230 01/09/2004 10:34 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont amen formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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