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Jaina Community-A Social Survey (15) (i) What are the rules of endogamy and exogamy in your
caste? (ii) Are they strictly followed ? (iii) Do you approve of inter-caste marriages in Jaina
Community? (iv) If so, to what extent would you allow them? (16) (i) Are there any charitable institutions (like Boarding
Houses, Scholarship Funds, Dispensaries, Hospitals, etc.) and other Associations (like Housing Societies and Colonies, Co-operative Credit Societies, Banks, Consumers' Societies, etc.) exclusively reserved for your
caste or sub-caste only? Please give their names. (ii) Do you think that they have served their purpose ? (iii) Do they not create separatist tendercies in the commu
nity itself? (iv) Would you advise to throw them open to all Jainas
irrespective of sect, caste, sub-caste, language, locality,
etc.? (17) (i) Was there any particular occupation or profession of
your caste in the past? (ii) Is it followed at present? (iii) If not, what main occupations or professions are followed
by your caste people? (18) What is the educational standard of males and females of
your caste and sub-caste in the regional as well as foreign languages?
Is there any religious sanction to these castes? If so, please quote the authority. Were they prevalent in ancient Jaina Community?
(20) (i) Is there any institution of "Bhattāraka” prevalent in
your caste? (ii) If so, what are their central places of residence ? (iii) What are their duties? (iv) How are they appointed and in what way can they
be removed ?
