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Hijra (South Asia) (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on hijra communities and custom in South Asia, consulted 2026-08-11.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Wikipedia's article on hijra communities and custom in South Asia, consulted 2026-08-11, the lower tier reflecting a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, useful for a general overview rather than a substitute for a dedicated ethnographic study.
Notes
Wikipedia's article on hijra communities of South Asia, consulted 2026-08-11. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication; used here for the guru-chela transmission structure of hijra custom and the 2014 National Legal Services Authority versus Union of India Supreme Court ruling, both standard reference facts rather than contested claims.
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Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
Source Type
reference
Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Asia, Continents

This source names Asia directly: "hijra communities and custom in South Asia, consulted 2026-08-11."

Source Hijra (South Asia) (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Practices, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

12

Practices

General References

1

Practices

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