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sallekhana

5 articles in the archive discuss sallekhana, from Jain Avenue, Sambodhi, Jinamanjari (1998–2021). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

5 articles

Articles discussing sallekhana

  1. Jain Perspective on Dignified Death: Sallekhana Practice and Modern Debates

    Christopher Key Chapple, Shugan Chand Jain · Jain Avenue, 2020

    “Between 2006 and 2013 various court 68565 were filed by non-Jain lawyers seeking bans on the thousands of years old Jain practice of Sallekhana - fasting unto death by branding it as suicide.”
  2. Invocatory Sanskrit Verses in Jaina Inscriptions Karnataka

    Hampa Nagarajaiah · Sambodhi, 1998

  3. Jain Dharma's Santhara Practice: Legal and Ethical Contestation

    Mikaela Chase · Jain Avenue, 2021

  4. Jainism in Modern Times

    Wilfred Noelle · Jinamanjari, 2004

  5. Understanding Death with Acceptance in Jain Dharma

    Abhay Doshi · Jain Avenue, 2021

    “Jain Darshan has talked about the process of Sallekhana (the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids)”