-
community is made up of four sections: monks, nuns, śrāvakas (laymen) and
śrāvikās (laywomen). The term śrāvaka has also been used as a
shorthand for the...
- Both sub-traditions have
mendicants supported by
laypersons (śrāvakas and
śrāvikas). The Śvētāmbara
tradition in turn has two sub-traditions: Deravasi, also...
-
fourfold order of male and
female monastics, srāvakas (male followers) and
śrāvikās (female followers). The tirthankara's
teachings form the
basis for the...
-
followers (also
known as śrāvakas), and
female lay
followers (also
known as
śrāvikās).
Religious practices of the Śvetāmbara sect
differ for each
section (monastics...
- (female ascetics), 159,000
sravakas (male lay followers), and 318,000
sravikas (female lay followers). Jain
tradition mentions Srenika and
Kunika of Haryanka...
- (male monastics),
aryika (female monastics), śrāvakas (male followers) and
śrāvikās (female followers). In Jainism,
there are two
kinds of votaries: The householder...
- to
houses and families. Upāsakas and upāsikās, also
called śrāvakas and
śrāvikās - are
householders and
other laypersons who take
refuge in the
Three Jewels...
- (male ascetics),
Aryika /
Sadhvi (female ascetics), Śrāvaka (laymen), and
Śrāvikā (laywomen). The word is also used in
various other ways.
Champat Rai Jain...
-
sadhu (monks),
sadhvi or
aryika (nuns),
sravaka (laymen householders) and
sravika (laywomen householders). As in Hinduism, the Jain
householders support...
- "non-stealing". In Jainism, it is one of the five vows that all śrāvakas and
śrāvikās (householders) as well as
monastics must observe. The five transgressions...
