That state of body, in which steadiness of the body or Kāyotsarga (2) (austerity qua abandonment of body) is practised, for the purification of the soul.
tivihe suppaṇihāṇe paṇṇatte, taṃ jahā- maṇasuppaṇihāṇe, vayasuppaṇihāṇe, kāyasuppaṇihāṇe.
(Sthā 3.97)