a person deliberately abstaining from taking food.

ಉಂಡು ಉಪವಾಸಿ, ಬಳಸಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿ uṇḍu upvāsi, baḷasi brahmacāri (prov.) he who who pretends pious, but not really so.

a form of protest in which a person refuses to take food until certain demands are met; hunger strike.

a person who refuses to take food until certain demands are met.

the act or an instance of abstaining from food; fast; fasting.

ಉಪವಾಸ ಕೆಡವು upavāsa keḍavu to deny another his/her food (as a punishment); ಉಪವಾಸಬೀಳು upavāsa bīḷu to suffer from hunger; ಉಪವಾಸಮಾಡು upavāsa māḍu to abstain from taking food; to fast; ಉಪವಾಸಮುಗಿಸು upavāsa mugisu to break the fast, esp. the one taken as a vow or in protest against something; ಉಪವಾಸವಿರು upavāsaviru to be fasting.

the plant Aconitum hetrophyllum of Ranunculaceae family.

a session or meeting, as of a parliament, legislative or court; a sitting.

the act or an instance of abstaining from food; fast; fasting.