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Figure 5.1 Svetambar ‘monk'
Figure 5.2 Svetambar 'nun
The total number of Digambar monks in the mid 1990s were 295 and aaryikaas (saadhvis) 250, while Svetambar monks and nuns were estimated to number over ten thousand (see table 5.3)
Table 5.3 Number of Jain saadhus and saadhvis resident for the four-months of
the rainy season in 1995
Aacaaryas
123
Saadhus 1,374
Saadhvis
4,961
Total 6,335
Sect Svetambar Murtipujaka Sthanakvasi Terapanthi Digambar Total
512 146 295 2,327
2,492 545 250 8,248
3,004 691 545 10,575
33 165
240
