bhakta-cheda (11104)

bhakta-cheda
Entry 11104, Page 405, Col. 1

(BaktaCeda, Bakta-Ceda)
bhakta-cheda¦, m. (= Pali bhatta°, °daṃ katvā Jāt. i.156.13), abstention from food, a fast: °daṃ kāritaḥ Av i.248.7, was made to go without food; tenaiko °daḥ kṛtaḥ…yāvat ṣaḍ °dāḥ kṛtāḥ Av ii.80.15; 119.8; °dam akarot 155.1 ff.; dvirātraṃ trirātraṃ vā bhaktacheda- (text °cchada-)chinnena Śikṣ 130.17, cut off (from food) by fasting for two or three days. Cf. chinna-bhakta(ka).