Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s11.t7.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s11.t7.2
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c23.s11.t7.2
| (i) *aṇacaṇam* | : | 'abstinence from food'; the Jaina religious penance of fasting unto death. |
| (ii) *ārātaṉi* | : | 'worship'; a Jaina technical term for the religious penance of fasting unto death. |
| (iii) *nicītikai* | : | 'seat of penance' (for fasting unto death). |
| (iv) *nōṟṟa, nōṟṟu* | : | 'who observed / having observed penance'. In Jaina terminology, *nōṉṟal* or *nōṉpu* refer to religious fasting. |
| (v) *muṭitta* | : | 'who completed'; a Jaina technical term for ending one's life through the penance of fasting unto death. |