Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5416

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Saṅghavī (BL; HA; PJS), derived from Sanskrit Saṅgha-pati (q.v.); designation of the leader of a saṅgha or group of Jains; the leader of a group of Jain pilgrims, who bears expenses of all the pilgrims going with him (cf. the Jain family name Siṅghī).