Term: ahimsa: a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
Candidate hypernym: doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school → 1
Candidate hypernym: garden snail: any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests → 0
Candidate hypernym: scalage: the act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension → 0
Candidate hypernym: maraca: a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs → 0
Candidate hypernym: water plantain: marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: mattress: a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed → 0
Candidate hypernym: united church of christ: merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957 → 0
Candidate hypernym: protection: the condition of being protected → 0
Candidate hypernym: shanghaier: a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship → 0
Candidate hypernym: quercus: oaks → 0
Candidate hypernym: pandanus: any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves → 0