Samaṇ Śreṇi: Migration, Social Movement and Religious Change
The article tries to explain the recent emergence of the new religious rank within the Jain Śvetāmbar Terāpãth community in India. Traditional Jainism makes a clear distinction between two groups of followers, namely ascetic monks and laymen. Under the sect’s late leader Ācārya Tulsi (1914–1997), p...
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Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Orientalia Suecana |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uu.se/orientaliasuecana/article/view/529 |