á-hiṃsā f. not injuring anything, harmlessness (one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindū sects, but particularly of the Buddhists and Jains; also personified as the wife of Dharma, [VāmP.]), [ChUp.]; [Nir.]; [Mn.] &c.
security, safeness, [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]