State the difference between Shrenis and Shrestins.
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Shreni
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SHRENI
SHRENI Described in many classical Sanskrit and Pali texts, shrenis were occupational groups or guilds. The fourth-century b.c. grammarian Pānini, referred to shrenis, though without a clear description. Later Hindu shastras, Buddhist Jataka tales, and other Buddhist literature described shrenis as village or town occupational groups that brought together individual workmen as well as associations of workmen in corporate bodies to pursue their common economic interests. Different texts identified shrenis of priests, doctors, warriors, farmers, carpenters, makers of irrigation devices, ironworkers, potters, oil pressers, cloth dyers, weavers, gardeners, garland makers, ship pilots, fishermen, betel sellers, ivory sculptors, musicians, courtesans, and even beggars and thieves
Accounts exist of individuals changing their professions (and therefore their shreni affiliations) several times. Accounts also exist of members of one family belonging to different shrenis
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