Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t8.6
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t8.6
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c28.s8.t8.6
The expression *aṉacaṉam* occurs here in the technical sense of 'fast (unto death) as a religious penance'. It has the same significance as *sanyasana*, *sallēkhana* and *ārādhanā-vidhi* occurring in the Jaina inscriptions in Kannada.