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Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)
Jaina Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, read 2026-08-16
Peter Flugel's "Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order," Jaina Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, no. 4, 2009, pp. 24 to 29, read 2026-08-16, giving the Terapanth order's ordained mendicant population as 660 in 1971 (180 sadhus, 480 sadhvis), 657 in 1975 (151 sadhus, 506 sadhvis), and 695 in 1981.
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Citation
AuthorPeter Flugel
PublisherJaina Studies: Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, University of London
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=134023
Source Typeacademic article
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier two: Peter Flugel is a named academic specialist in Jaina monastic demography at SOAS, University of London, and this is a dedicated quantitative study published by his own research centre's newsletter rather than a general reference. It counts only the ordained mendicant order, sadhus and sadhvis, not the much larger lay following, for which no comparable census exists. Connections
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This source names Terapanth directly: "Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order," Jaina Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, no."
Source Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)Peter Flugel
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