Chapter 04 – Jain Ascetics (Sädhus and Sädhvis) When a person renounces worldly life and all worldly attachments and is initiated into monkhood or nunhood, the man is called Sädhu, Shraman or Muni and the woman is called Sädhvi, Shramani, or Äryä. Their renunciation is total, which means they are…
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