ahi.msaa in Hindu texts

[Carlos Lopez]

Hanns Peter Schmidt,
                        THe Origin of AhiMsA.  Melanges d'Indianism a la memoire de Louis Renou.
Paris 1980
                        AhiMsA and Rebirth' in Inside the Texts, Beyond the Texts: New approaches
to the study of the Veda,'  M. Witzel, editor, 1997

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK]On Behalf
> Of Kristen
> Hardy
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 11:08 AM
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> Subject: ahi.msaa in Hindu texts
>
>
> Dear List-Members,
>
>         Could anyone on the list advise me as to when the
> term "ahi.msaa"
> first came to be used in orthodox Hindu literature? Does the
> word exist in the
> Vedic sa.mhitaas (and if so, in what context)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kristen Hardy,
> (student of Religion and Sanskrit),
> University of Manitoba
>
> umhardy at cc.umanitoba.ca
>