santhara

English

Noun

santhara (uncountable)

1. Synonym of sallekhana
   • 2015 August 24, Ellen Barry, “Sect’s Death Ritual Clashes With Indian Law”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.”

Anagrams

• arahants, tarhanas