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    anaśanaṃ

    See also anaśana, anaśanam.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    anaśanaṃ Fasting, abstinence from food, fasting oneself to death; °naṃ ca śāyayitvā Dk. 156 making him fast; °nāt uttiṣṭhati Pt. 4.

    — a. Without food, fasting &c.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 45.
    anaśanaṃ , klī, (aś bhāve lyuṭ, na aśanaṃ bhojanaṃ,
    nañsamāsaḥ .) bhojanābhāvaḥ . upavāsaḥ . iti
    halāyudhaḥ .. tadvati tri .. (prāyopaveśanaṃ . “tadaha-
    manaśanaṃ kṛtvā prātaḥ prāṇānutsṛjāmi” . iti
    paścatantre .)