ritual fast unto death
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concept
A ritual fast unto death is a deliberate, culturally or religiously sanctioned practice in which an individual abstains from all sustenance with the explicit intention of dying as an act of devotion, protest, or purification.
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Sallekhana (ritual fast unto death under strict conditions)
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Sallekhana
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