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Section 6
On sallekhanā -
Embracing Voluntary, Passionless Death
षष्ठ परिच्छेद
उपसर्गे दुर्भिक्षे जरसि रुजायां च निःप्रतिकारे । धर्माय तनुविमोचनमाहुः सल्लेखनामार्याः ॥ १२२ ॥
सामान्यार्थ – गणधरादिक देव प्रतिकार - रहित उपसर्ग, दुर्भिक्ष, बुढ़ापा और रोग के उपस्थित होने पर धर्म के लिये शरीर के छोड़ने को सल्लेखना कहते हैं।
Giving up of the body in a manner that upholds righteousness (dharma) on the occurrence of a calamity, famine, senescence, or disease, from which there is no escape, is called the vow of voluntary, passionless death (sallekhana) by the Most Learned
sages.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
ācārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra:
मारणान्तिकीं सल्लेखनां जोषिता ॥ ७-२२ ॥
The householder courts voluntary death at the end of his life. Jain, Vijay K. (2011), “Achārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthsūtra", p. 102.
Acārya Pujyapada's Sarvarthasiddhi:
Sallekhana is making the physical body and the internal
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