Home›Sources›Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)SourcesFlugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)Jaina Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, read 2026-08-16Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flugel-jain-monastic-life-terapanth-svetambara-mendicant-order-jaina-studies-2009.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flugel-jain-monastic-life-terapanth-svetambara-mendicant-order-jaina-studies-2009Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-flugel-jain-monastic-life-a-quantitative, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Flugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flugel-jain-monastic-life-terapanth-svetambara-mendicant-order-jaina-studies-2009}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPeter 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (17 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedPeter FlugelPublisherWell-attestedJaina Studies: Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, University of LondonPublication YearWell-attested2009URLWell-attestedhttps://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=134023Source TypeWell-attestedacademic articleAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithTerapanth, Denominations Well-attested 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 Flugeltier 2Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDenominations, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested15DenominationsTerapanthSourcesFlugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)Holds1SourcesFlugel, Jain Monastic Life: A Quantitative Study of the Terapanth Svetambara Mendicant Order (Jaina Studies, SOAS, 2009)General References1DenominationsTerapanthComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year