Pranihimsa, Prāṇihiṃsā, Pranin-himsa: 5 definitions
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Pranihimsa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprāṇihiṃsā (प्राणिहिंसा).—f S Killing of living creatures; destroying of life.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāṇihiṃsā (प्राणिहिंसा).—injury to life, doing harm to living creatures.
Prāṇihiṃsā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇin and hiṃsā (हिंसा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇihiṃsā (प्राणिहिंसा).—f.
(-sā) Doing harm to any living creature. E. prāṇi, and hiṃsā injury.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇihiṃsā (प्राणिहिंसा):—[=prāṇi-hiṃsā] [from prāṇi > prān] f. injuring or killing an an°, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇihiṃsā (प्राणिहिंसा):—[prāṇi-hiṃsā] (sā) 1. f. Cruelty.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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