A set of exemplary instances of these people includes one who licked straw from a monk's eye and another who gives a sermon likening the human body to vomit. These people make up all of the samani, a designated subgroup of the Terapanthin that engages in university study and travel. These people may become the full-time religious devotees reporting to a guruni, in which case they are known as sadvhi or aryika. Subhadra and Rajimati are among the sixteen "sol sati" who embody the ideal conduct of these people. Digambaras believe that Mallinath was one of these people and that these people's souls must be reborn as another type of person in order to achieve moksha. For 10 points, name this kind of Jain who is prohibited from handling idols while menstruating. ■END■
ANSWER: Jain women [or females; or Jain nuns; or any normal term for a woman in any Indian language; prompt on Jains before mentioned]
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