BaktaCeda
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) .