To observe a religious fast or ritual purification by abstaining from meat, wine, or sexual activity; to purify oneself through bathing and clean dress before a major ceremony.
Sawm
In Islam, the practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan, being one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Eight Precepts
Abbreviation for 八关斋bāguānzhāi, the Buddhist Eight Precepts.
