Aryika

Aryikas (sadhvis) meditating near Vrindavan, India.

Aryika, also known as Sadhvi, is a female mendicant (nun) in Jainism.[1]

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In Samavasarana of the Tirthankara, aryikas sit in the third hall.
  1. ^ Jaini 1991, p. xxviii, 180.