sallekha

austere penance, the higher life MN.i.13, MN.i.40; Vin.i.305; Pts.i.102, Pts.i.103; Pp.69 sq.; DN-a.i.82; Vism.69; Mil.360, Mil.380; adj. Vin.i.45; sallekhitācāra practising austere penance Mil.230, Mil.244, Mil.348 sq. ˚vutti Vin.ii.197; Vism.65 (˚vuttitā). Cp. abhi˚.

fr. saṃ + likh