The corpus record — Sanskrit

hiṃsām

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. hiṃs

1. hiṃs ( orig. Desid. of √ han) cl. 1. 7. P. ( Dhātup. xxix, 19 ; xxxiv, 23 ) hiṃsati, hinasti ( Ved. and ep. also Ā. hiṃsate, hiṃste; 2. sg. hiṃsi for hinassi, MBh. iii, 13269 ; pf. jihiṃsa, sima, jihiṃsīḥ, AV. ; aor. ahiṃsīt, hiṃsīt, RV. &c.; fut. hiṃsitā, Gr. ; hiṃsiṣyati, te, Br. &c.; inf. hiṃsitum [ Ved. also hiṃsitoḥ] ib. ; ind.p. hiṃsitvā, AV. ; Br. ; hiṃsya, MBh. ), to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. hiṃsyate ( aor. ahiṃsi), to be injured or killed, RV. (in ahiṃsyamāna) &c.: Caus. or cl. 10. P. ( Dhātup. xxxiv, 23 ) hiṃsayati ( aor. ajihiṃsat), to injure, harm, kill, slay, MBh. : Desid. jihiṃsiṣati, to wish to injure &c., ŚBr. : Intens. jehiṃsyate, jehiṃsti Gr.

2. hiṃs

2. hiṃs mfn. injuring, striking (see suhiṃs).

In the wild

hiṃsām Bhagavad Gita 18.25
hiṃsā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,2.1
hiṃsāyā Chandogya Upanisad chup_5,10.7

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