A 72-year-old Jain woman saint attained sallekhana samadhi on Thursday evening, seven days after she began fasting unto death by renouncing food and water. Sri Sugunthanmathi Mathaji began fasting on February 1 at Arihanthagiri Digambar Jain Mutt in Tamil Nadu. Doctor pronounced her dead after due examination of the functioning of vital organs, an administrator of the Mutt said.