Article: Becoming a monk or nun

‘Diksha Ceremony in Jainism: An Analysis of Its Socio-Political Ramifications’
Binod C. Agrawal

Eastern Anthropologist
volume 31
1972

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‘Stories from the Āvaśyaka Commentaries’
Nalini Balbir

The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature
edited by Phyllis Granoff
Mosaic Press; Oakville, Ontario, Canada; New York, USA; London, UK; 1990

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‘La question de l’ordination des enfants en milieu jaina’
Nalini Balbir

Les âges de la vie dans le monde indien
edited by Christine Chojnacki
volume 24
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur l’Occident Romain de l’Université de Lyon; Lyon, France; 2001

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Atonements in the Ancient Ritual of Jaina Monks
Colette Caillat

L. D. series; volume 45
L. D. Institute of Indology; Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; 1975

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‘The Śvetāmbara Mūrtipūjak Jain Mendicant’
John Cort

Man (New Series)
volume 29: 4
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; 1991

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History of Jaina Monachism from Inscriptions and Literature
Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo

Deccan College Dissertation series; volume 17
Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute; Pune, Maharashtra, India; 1956

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‘The Codes of Conduct of the Terāpanth Samaṇ Order’
Peter Flügel

South Asia Research
volume 23: 1
SAGE Publications; 2003

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'Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra'

translated and edited by Hermann Jacobi
Jaina Sutras Part II: Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra and Sûtrakritâṅga
Sacred Books of the East series; series editor F. Max Müller; volume 45
Clarendon Press; Oxford, England UK; 1895

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Escaping the World: Women Renouncers among Jains
Manisha Sethi

South Asian History & Culture series; volume 8
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group; London, UK and New Delhi, India; 2011

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The Unknown Pilgrims: The voice of the sādhvīs – the history, spirituality, and life of the Jaina women ascetics
N. Shāntā

translated by Mary Rogers
Sri Garib Dass Oriental series; volume 219
Sri Satguru Publications; New Delhi, India; 1997

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Guardians of the Transcendent: An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community
Anne Vallely

University of Toronto Press; Toronto, Canada; 2002

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Historical Dictionary of Jainism
Kristi L. Wiley

Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements series; series editor Jon Woronoff; volume 53
Scarecrow Press; Maryland, USA; 2004

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