1Health Law / Medical EthicsSALLEKHANA: THE ETHICALITY AND LEGALITY OF RELIGIOUS SUICIDE BY STARVATION IN THE JAIN RELIGIOUS Sallekhana (IAST: sallekhana), also known as samlehna, santhara, samadhi-marana or sanyasana-marana, is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of Jainism. It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 21 Dec 13, 2015 - Request PDF | Ritual death in a secular state: the Jain practice of Sallekhana | The Rajasthan High Court criminalized the Jain practice of ritual voluntary death, Home Article Category Current events. File:Sallekhana.pdf. CC© cookies police. Jan 17, 2017 - The concept of sallekhana is an important contribution of the Jains to biosocial ethics Jainism is the world's most ancient religious and jain monks lead a life of 1.1 PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECT OF SALLEKHANA: In this chapter I am going to study sallekhana from the point of view of Jaina philosophy of life. The most We also briefly describe the concepts of samadhimaram in Hindu tradition and views on death in other religions. A case study of sallekhana and santhara is given Dec 13, 2015 -