Sadhu

===Jainism===
The Jain community is traditionally discussed in its texts with four terms: ''sadhu'' (monks), ''sadhvi or aryika'' (nuns), ''sravaka'' (laymen householders) and ''sravika'' (laywomen householders). As in Hinduism, the Jain householders support the monastic community.{{sfn|Jaini|1991|p=xxviii, 180}} The ''sadhus'' and ''sadhvis'' are intertwined with the Jain lay society, perform ''[[murtipujaka|murtipuja]]'' (Jina idol worship) and lead festive rituals, and they are organized in a strongly hierarchical monastic structure.<ref name=cort651>{{cite journal | last=Cort | first=John E. | title=The Svetambar Murtipujak Jain Mendicant | journal=Man | publisher=Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland | volume=26 | issue=4 | year=1991 | pages=651–671 | doi=10.2307/2803774 | jstor=2803774 }}</ref>

There are differences between the [[Digambara]] and [[Svetambara]] sadhus and sadhvi traditions.<ref name="cort651" /> The Digambara sadhus own no clothes as a part of their interpretation of [[Ethics of Jainism|Five vows]], and they live their ascetic austere lives in nakedness. The Digambara sadhvis wear white clothes. The Svetambara sadhus and sadhvis both wear white clothes. According to a 2009 publication by Harvey J. Sindima, Jain monastic community had 6,000 sadhvis of which less than 100 belong to the Digambara tradition and rest to Svetambara.<ref>{{cite book|author=Harvey J. Sindima|title=Introduction to Religious Studies|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Bki5SZToAUkC&pg=PA100 |year=2009 |publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-4762-5|pages=100–101}}</ref>