sallekha [fr. saŋ+likh] austere penance, the higher life m i.13, 40; vin i.305; ps i.102, 103; pug 69 sq.; da i.82; vism 69; miln 360, 380; adj. vin i.45; sallekhitācāra practising austere penance miln 230, 244, 348 sq.; ˚vutti vin ii.197; vism 65 (˚vuttitā). cp. abhi˚.