A type of Maraṇa (death); death of that living being (a human being or an animal) which had entered into a carcass of a big animal like an elephant etc., caused through plucking (of its flesh) by vultures etc.
karikarabhādiśarīramadhyapātādinā gṛdhrādibhirātmānaṃ bhakṣayato mahāsattvasya bhavati.
(Sama 17.9 Vṛ Pa 33)