a. [na ā samyak yathecchaṃ āśaḥ aśanaṃ yasya, na nāśo yasya vā, na. ba. kap] Devoid of full enjoyment or inde- structible, not hurtful. kaṃ Fast, abstaining from eating even to death; yajñena dānena tapasā'nāśakenaitameva vidi- tvā munirbhavati B ri. A r. Up; Y. 3. 154.

n. fasting, abstaining from food even to death. 004005 29,1 5680 m. one who has abandoned the practice of fasting. 004006 29,1 5681 n. a course of fasting (as a penance) ChUp. 004007 29,1 5682 m. not eating, an ascetic, L. 1311,2 5682.1