○"ṣvaśeṣa (kathâva○), m. a narrative as the only remainder, (○ṃ-√gam, to enter into a state in which nothing is left but the story of one's life, i.e. to die Naish.)
• (mfn.) one of whom nothing remains but his life-story, i.e. deceased, dead
• -tā f. the state of the above, (kathâvaśeṣatāṃ gataḥ, deceased, dead Prab.)

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William