Escaping the world : women renouncers among Jains /

The book attends to a historical question, how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts, which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered through extensive fieldwork...

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Main Author:	Sethi, Manisha
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:	South Asian history and culture ; 8.
Subjects:	Women in Jainism. Monastic and religious life (Jainism) Sannyasi. Women ascetics > India.