The mystics, ascetics, and saints of India : a study of Sadhuism, with an account of the Yogis, Sanyasis, Bairagis, and other strange Hindu sectarians (1905)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London : T. F. Unwin · leaf 191
his hand.^ The Swetamharis andthe Digamharis are each subdivided into four orders. TheJain laity belong almost exclusively to the trading com-munity and the Baniya caste. 1 Hindu Castes and Sects, by Jogendra Nath Bhattacharjee, M.A.,D.L., pp. 553-55 (Calcutta, 1896). 151 CHAPTER YlU—continued… … HE Hindu ascetic sects whichmake up the great bulk of thewandering sadhus of India,more particularly NorthernIndia, and which I proposeto notice as typical examples,are the following :— Saivas,Siva— or worshippers of 1 followers of Sankaracharya.^ 1. Sanyasis 2. Dandis 3. Paramahansas 4.…
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