History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.57
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.57
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Among Jains a similar rule prevailed. The Ratnakaraṇḍaśrāvakācāra (chap. 5) of Samantabhadra (about 2nd century A. D.) dilates on Sallekhanā, which consists in abandoning the body for the accumulation of merit in calamities, famines, extreme old age and incurable disease.²¹⁴⁰ The Kālandrī (Sirohi State) Inscription records the suicide of a Jain congregation by fasting in *saṁvat* 1389 (E. I. vol. XX., appendix p. 98 No. 691).