santhara
English
Noun
santhara (uncountable)
- Synonym of sallekhana
- 2015 August 24, Ellen Barry, “Sect’s Death Ritual Clashes With Indian Law”, in New York Times:
- No practice is more demanding than santhara, which was first mentioned in texts written more than 1,500 years ago and derives from a word in the ancient Prakrit language meaning “bed of grass.”
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Anagrams
- arahants, tarhanas