The book attends to a historical question - how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts - which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered throu…
"The book attends to a historical question -- how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts -- which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered th…
"The book attends to a historical question -- how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts -- which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered th…
"The book attends to a historical question -- how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts -- which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered th…
