sallekhā

masc nom pl of sallekha (noun); masc instr sg of sallekha (noun); masc abl sg of sallekha (noun); masc voc sg of sallekha (noun); …

effacing; expunging; erasing; wiping out; slowly grinding away; lit. scratching together
austere living; self-mortification; asceticism; lit. scratching together

Etymology. saṃ + √likh > lekh + *a; from √likh 'scratch, write'; Sanskrit saṃlekha [saṃlikh]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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