Bhagwan Mahavir (Prabhu Veer) ke sangh me 36,000 sadhviyan (nuns/aryikayen) thi.

Parampara anusar unka chaturvidh sangh is prakar mana jata hai:

• 14,000 sadhus
• 36,000 sadhviyan
• 1,59,000 shravak
• 3,18,000 shravika

Yeh sankhya prachin Jain granthon me aati hai aur Shwetambar–Digambar dono paramparayen ise hi svikarti hain (bhasha aur ullikhit srot me antar ho sakta hai, arth same hai).

Sambandhit:

• Mahavir Swami aur unka sangh ka saankshipt parichay:
• Sadhvi-pramukha Chandanbala ki katha: