Ahimsa Ahimsa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Ahimsa is from the Sanskrit Ahiṃsā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Ahimsa is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Ahiṃsā non-violence non-harming-Devi + Sanskrit a not + hiṃsā harm + foundational central Ahiṃsā foundational-central-Sanskrit-Non-violence Non-harming foundational-central-1st-of-5-Yamas Yoga-Sūtra-2.30 Ahiṃsā + Satya + Asteya + Brahmacarya + Aparigraha foundational-central-5-Yamas + foundational central Ahiṃsā foundational-central-1st-of-Jain-Pañca-Mahāvratas 5-Great-Vows Ahiṃsā + Satya + Asteya + Brahmacarya + Aparigraha foundational-central-Jain-5-vows + foundational central Ahiṃsā-Paramo-Dharmaḥ foundational-central-Sanskrit-motto Non-violence-is-highest-Dharma from-Mahabharata Anushasana Parva 116.28 + Padma Purana + Ᾱditya Purana foundational-central-Ahimsa-supreme + foundational central Mahavira 599-527 BCE Jain-24th-Tirthankara foundational-central-Ahimsa-Jain-central-Doctrine + Buddha Sakyamuni 563-483 BCE Buddhist-Ahimsa foundational-central-Buddhist-central-precept + foundational central Ashoka-Maurya 268-232 BCE Kalinga-War-262-BCE-conversion foundational-central-Ashoka-Ahimsa-Rock-Edicts Emperor Aśoka-Dhamma foundational-central-Ashoka-Buddhist + foundational central Mahatma-Gandhi 1869-1948 Ahiṃsātmaka-Satyāgraha 1917-1948 foundational-central-Indian-Independence-Movement Champaran + Kheda + Dandi-March + Quit-India inspired-by Bhagavad Gita + Tolstoy-Correspondence + Thoreau-Civil-Disobedience foundational-central-Gandhi-Ahimsa + foundational central Ahiṃsā foundational-central-of-Jain-Buddhist-Hindu-tradition foundational-central-Sanskrit-Dharma-Śāstras-Manu-Smṛti-Yajnavalkya-Smriti + foundational central Yoga-Sūtra 2.35 ahiṃsā-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tat-sannidhau vaira-tyāgaḥ foundational-central-Patanjali-Ahimsa-Siddhi + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 10:5 ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṃ yaśo yaśaḥ foundational-central-Krishnas-Ahiṃsā-Daivi-Sampat + 13:8 amānitvam adambhitvam ahiṃsā kṣāntir ārjavam ācāryopāsanaṃ śaucaṃ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ + 16:2-3 ahiṃsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunam + 17:14 śārīraṃ tapa ucyate deva-dvija-guru-prājña-pūjanaṃ śaucam ārjavam brahmacaryam ahiṃsā ca + foundational pan-Sanskrit heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.