Persons who went through kokudachi were called 'kokudachi no hijiri' (highly virtuous monk who has trained without eating grain) in the ancient period and 'jukkoku no hijiri,' or 'mokujiki' after the medieval period.
この修行を行った者を、古代では「穀断聖」、中世以降は「十穀聖」や「木食」と称した。