It is starvation, voluntarily chosen on the ground of extreme asceticism. All instances of it, however, have been accompanied and obscured by much religious fanaticism, and even superstition.
Aszesiaren gradu gorenetik borondatez hautaturiko gose-heriotza da. Zeinaren agerpena beti asaldura erlijioso ugariz eta superstizioz lagundurik egon baita, eta horregatik lausotu egin baita;