different between ahimsa vs noninjury

English

Alternative forms

• ahinsa

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (ahi?s?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??h?ms??/

Noun

ahimsa (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them. [from 19th c.]
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 79:

     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.

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 9:

     This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

ahimsa m or f (in variation) (uncountable)

1. ahimsa (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)

English

Etymology

non- +? injury

Noun

noninjury (uncountable)

1. A practice or philosophy of not causing injury to others.
   • 1981, Vy?sa Patañjali, Yoga philosophy of Patañjali

     It is not possible to practise noninjury unless selfishness is given up in respect of all external matters.

Synonyms

• ahimsa, nonviolence

Adjective

noninjury (not comparable)

1. Not of or pertaining to injury.
   • 1986, John J Nance, Blind trust

     In fact there had been two other noninjury accidents in 1976 and 1977...