1. ಕದಳೀಘಾತ

    ♪ kadaḷīghāta
      noun
    1. a falling down suddenly and without much resistence (as the plantain tree that falls at one stroke of a sword).
    2. (Jain.) an untimely death; an natural death.
    3. the lessening of one's life-span by abstaining from food.