GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sallekhana (IAST: sallekhanā), 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 the intake of food and liquids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Daily worship includes hymns of praise and prayers, the recitation of sacred formulas and the names of the Tirthankaras, and idol veneration-bathing the image and making offerings to it of flowers, fruit, and rice.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jains are Hindu dissenter, and although, as was pointed out by Mr. Mayne in paragraph 46 of his Hindu Law and usage, generally adhering to the ordinary Hindu Law, that is, the law of the three superior castes, they recognise no divine authority in the vedas and do not practise the Shradh, or ceremony for the dead.

Detailed explanation-4: -We do not find that in any of the scriptures, preachings, articles or the practices followed by the Jain ascetics, the Santhara or Sallekhana has been treated as an essential religious practice, nor is necessarily required for the pursuit of immortality or moksha.