anāśakaan-āśaka, am, n. fasting, ab- staining from food even to death. —Anāśaka-ni-vṛtta, as, m. one who has abandoned the practice of fasting. —Anāśakāyana (°ka-ay°), am, n. a course of fasting (as a penance).
anāśakaa. [na ā samyak yathecchaṃ āśaḥaśanaṃ yasya, na nāśo yasya vā, na. ba. kap] Devoid of full enjoyment or indestructible, not hurtful. —kaṃ Fast, abstaining from eating even to death; yajñena dānena tapasā'nāśakenaitamevaviditvā munirbhavati Bṛ. Ār. Up.; Y. 3. 154.
anāśakaa. [na ā samyak yatheccham āśaḥ aśanaṃ yasya, na nāśo yasya vā, na. ba. kap] Devoid of full enjoyment or indestructible, not hurtful. -kam Fast, abstaining from eating even to death; yajñena dānena tapasā'nāśakenaitameva viditvā munirbhavati Br. Ār. Up.4.4.22; Y.3.154.