A kind of Pratyākhyāna (1) (formal resolve (vow) of abstinence));
in which total abandonment of food, drink, delicacies qua eatables and dilicacies qua lick- ables is undertaken.
'niravasesaṃ' tti nirgaramavaśeṣamapi alpālpamaśanādyāhārajātaṃ yasmāttat niravaśeṣam.
(Sthā 10.101 Vṛ Pa 473)