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There are now roughly four times more Jain nuns than monks, and there is textual and archeological evidence of strong orders of nuns throughout most of Jainism’s history.1 This article endeavors to shed light on contemporary Jain nuns’ lives and preponderance in renunciation by weaving together two categories of modern perspectives (while trying to respect the variety within both these categories): (1) perspectives of contemporary Jains themselves, especially of nuns, and (2) perspectives from scholarship about contempora…