Discussion
Sallekhana means .................. .
Answer: A
Sallekhana is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death.
In Jainism, sallekhana (also santhara) is a vow to give up food and drink gradually and end life peacefully, taken when death is near through old age, incurable illness or calamity. It is regarded not as suicide but as the final discipline that thins the passions. Jain tradition holds that Chandragupta Maurya died this way at Shravanabelagola.
Formal renunciation is diksha, the start of learning is marked by rites such as upanayana or vidyarambha, and the end of studentship by samavartana; none of these is sallekhana.
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