In Jainism, Sallekhana is related to what?

Ritual fast unto death

Sallekhana is a distinctive Jain religious and ascetic practice associated with voluntarily reducing bodily attachments and, under traditionally described circumstances, undertaking a carefully observed fast leading to death. It is not ordinary dieting or a routine fast for health. The practice is connected with detachment, self-discipline, calmness, and the religious aim of facing the end of life without passion or fear. In the given choices, option B is the only one that identifies this idea.

The wording “fast unto death” is a brief examination description, not a complete account of the practice or its ethical and legal debates. Options A, C, and D concern naval training, coin production, and taxation, none of which belongs to Jain doctrine. Thus B follows by identifying Sallekhana as a vow-based practice of renouncing the body, rather than a political or economic institution.

This is a Class 10 General Knowledge question. Chapter: Indian History. Topic: Ancient Indian History.