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Aryika, also
known as Sadhvi, is a
female mendicant (nun) in Jainism. In the
traditional Digambara tradition, a male
human being is
considered closest...
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mendicant in
Hinduism and
Jainism is
often called a sadhvi, or in some
texts as
aryika. In Sikhism, a
person who has
become Brahmgiani is
considered a sadhu. However...
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Gyanmati Mataji (Jñānamati) is an
Indian Jain
religious guru
Aryika (nun) from India. She is
known for
being a
prolific author and the
construction of...
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statue was
built by the
inspiration of the Jain nun (
Aryika) Gyanmati, and
under the
guidance of
Aryika Chandanamati. The
project was
chaired and directed...
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order consisting of
sadhu (male ascetics, muni),
sadhvi (female ascetics,
aryika), śrāvaka (laymen), and śrāvikā (laywomen). The
latter two
support the ascetics...
- Śvetāmbaras happened.
Digambaras use the word muṇi for male
monastics and
aryika for
female monastics.
Svetambara monks are also
called nirgrantha (without...
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referred to as Jains.
Jainism has a
fourfold order of muni (male monastics),
aryika (female monastics), Śrāvaka (layman) and
sravika (laywoman). This order...
- a term used to
refer to the
fourfold community of Muni (male ascetics),
Aryika /
Sadhvi (female ascetics), Śrāvaka (laymen), and Śrāvikā (laywomen). The...
- a new rank of
junior monks who are
called samana. The nuns are
called Aryikas in
Digambar tradition and
Sadhvi in the Śvetāmbara tradition. Per the Jain...
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restores or
organises the sangha, a
fourfold order of muni (male monastics),
aryika (female monastics), śrāvakas (male followers) and śrāvikās (female followers)...
