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    Ahimsa silk (ahiṃsā: Sanskrit for 'nonviolence'), also known as peace silk is a method of nonviolent silk breeding and harvesting. Wild silk moths are...
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    Gandhi was critical of silk production based on the Ahimsa philosophy "not to hurt any living thing". He also promoted "Ahimsa silk", made without boiling...
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    processed without killing the silkworm. This process results in a silk called Ahimsa silk. Moths leave the cocoon and then the cocoons are harvested to be...
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    after the larvae have left them, the silk made is then called "nonviolent silk" or "Ahimsa silk". In China, the silks are given different names when silkworms...
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    Bombyx mori (redirect from Silk worm)
    as Ahimsa silk, which is wild silk (from wild and semiwild silk moths) made from the cocoons of moths that are allowed to emerge before the silk is harvested...
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    rights activist refusing to wear silk which required worms to be killed and instead popularized the wearing of Ahimsa silk, which does not require harming...
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    the promotion of cotton and Ahimsa silk, a type of wild silk made from the cocoons of wild and semi-wild silk moths. Art silk Bulletproofing International...
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  • superior Matka cloth. Sericulture Silk waste Ahimsa silk Mukerji, Nitya Gopal (1903). A monograph on the silk fabrics of Bengal. University of California...
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    leave via the opening. This has led to eri silk being termed "peace silk" or ahimsa silk as its production harms no living organisms. Mulberry silkworms,...
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  • Archana Kochhar to experiment with Ahimsa Silk, spearhead the revolutionary Gandhian Ahimsa to produce fine forms of Silk Costumes – Indian Affairs". indianaffairs...
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    that some fibres were spun after the silk moth was allowed to escape from the cocoon, similar to the ahimsa silk promoted by Mahatma Gandhi. Nevasa in...
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    In Jainism, ahiṃsā (Ahimsā, alternatively spelled 'ahinsā', Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ahinsā, Pāli: avihinsā) is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone...
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  • upon a new process of manufacturing silk, that does not involve the killing of silkworms. Branding it as Ahimsa Silk (English: 'non-violent), Aditya relaunches...
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    Bikash. "NE silk finds place in global map". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-02-02. "Dilip Barooah, Assam's pioneering ahimsa silk entrepreneur dies...
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    silk moth, as it is possible to extract it without killing the animal (Ahimsa silk). The biodiversity of the Chironomidae often goes unnoticed because they...
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    2023-06-26. "dyeing – Ahimsa Eri Silk". Retrieved 2023-06-26. NEWS, NE NOW (2021-02-13). "Meghalaya's Umden –Diwon declared as first 'Eri Silk Village' in state"...
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    rights in Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism derives from the doctrine of ahimsa. In Hinduism, animals contain a soul just like humans; when sentient beings...
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    Jainism. Traditionally, most Komatis are vegetarian due to their belief in ahimsa (nonviolence). The origin of the word "Komati" is uncertain, and there are...
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  • NSE: AGROPHOS Agro Phos India Limited NSE: ATFL Agro Tech Foods Limited NSE: AHIMSA Ahimsa Industries Limited NSE: AHLADA Ahlada Engineers Limited NSE: AHLUCONT...
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    living beings, including insects. Breaches of the fundamental principle of Ahimsā (non-violence) impacts one's karma negatively, especially when destruction...
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    sutra, satya is one of the five yamas, or virtuous restraints, along with ahimsa (restraint from violence or injury to any living being); asteya (restraint...
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    on the Hindu ethics. The Hindu ethics are driven by the core concept of Ahimsa, i.e. non-violence towards all beings, as mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad...
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    idealization of extreme asceticism to that of family life, renunciation, strict ahimsa (non-violence) and vegetarianism to permissibility of violence and meat-eating...
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    Stanford University Department of Philosophy. The discovery of two Laozi silk manuscripts at Mawangdui, near Changsha, Hunan province in 1973 marks an...
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    child Ahiṃsaka, meaning 'the harmless one'. This is derived from the word ahiṃsa (non-violence), because no-one is hurt at his birth, despite the bad omens...
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    geographical and cultural histories of its adherents. The appearance of ahimsa, or the avoidance of violence toward all forms of life in many religious...
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    Arishadvargas (six enemies) Ahamkara (attachment) Ethics Niti śastra Yamas Niyama Ahimsa Achourya Aparigraha Brahmacharya Satya Damah Dayā Akrodha Arjava Santosha...
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    for carrying the heavenly banner as a way of signifying his commitment to ahimsa. This knowledge was carried into Tibet by 800 CE, and the actual flags were...
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    of Theravada Buddhism, insisting on non-violence to humans and animals (ahimsa), and general precepts regulating the life of laypeople. According to the...
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    rebirth and that we should seek liberation from them through non-harming (ahimsa) and spiritual practices, pre-dates the Buddha and was likely taught in...
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