different between satyagraha vs nonkilling

English

Etymology

From Gujarati ????????? (saty?grah), from Sanskrit ???? (satya, “truth”) + ????? (?graha, “persistence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??tj?.???.h?/

Noun

satyagraha (usually uncountable, plural satyagrahas)

1. The policy of nonviolent resistance as used by Mahatma Gandhi during the struggle for Indian independence.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 146:

     We also discussed whether the campaign should follow the Gandhian principles of non-violence or what the Mahatma called satyagraha, a non-violence that seeks to conquer through conversion.

English

Alternative forms

• non-killing

Etymology

non- +? killing

Adjective

nonkilling (not comparable)

1. Not engaging in killing.

Noun

nonkilling (usually uncountable, plural nonkillings)

1. A precept or worldview that affirms the possibility of a society where killing is absent.
2. Lack of killing; permitting to live.
3. (countable) An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).

Translations

See also

• ahimsa
• nonlethal
• nonviolence
• satyagraha

References

Wikiversity

• "Nonkilling: A New Paradigm" International Encyclopedia of Peace. Oxford University Press, New York (2009)
• "Nonkilling Political Science" Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, San Diego (2008)
• "Nonkilling Global Society" Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). EOLSS Publishers, Oxford (2004)
• Glenn D. Paige, Nonkilling Global Political Science, 1st ed. (2002); 3rd ed. (2009)