Apart from this, it mentions the practice of vegetarianism in Ayyavazhi, saying that " [ they ] abstained from all kinds of animal food, and observed the most simple and abstentious habits " . " ( p . 71 )"
परिभाषा
self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" पर्याय: abstinent,