Jain sallekhanā vow
South Asian Traditions Practice / discipline
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Jain sallekhanā vow is cataloged as a Practice / discipline within South Asian Traditions. Its public geographic context is “Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country” and its period or origin is “Early textual attestations; historically documented and living but uncommon practice.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Jainism.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Sallekhanā; Santhara; saṃlekhana; ritual fast at end of life
- Parent tradition
- Jainism
- Public geographic context
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- Early textual attestations; historically documented and living but uncommon practice
- Living / historical status
- Living but uncommon and publicly contested
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Classification contested
Geography
CandidateGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Stable attribution
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Jain sallekhanā vow. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1235. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1235
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