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Digambara (/dɪˈɡʌmbərə/; "sky-clad") is one of the two
major schools of Jainism, the
other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad). The
Sanskrit word
Digambara...
- A
Digambara monk or
Digambara Sādhu (also muni, sādhu) is a Sādhu in the
Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an
occupant of the
highest limb of...
- denominations,
Digambara and Śvētāmbara.
Monks of the
Digambara (sky-clad)
tradition do not wear clothes.
Female monastics of the
Digambara sect wear unstitched...
- ago and was the
cousin of Krishna. The two main
sects of Jainism, the
Digambara and the Śvētāmbara sects,
likely started forming around the 1st century...
- life and the year of his
birth are
subjects of debate.
According to the
Digambara Uttarapurana text,
Mahavira was born in
Kundagrama in the
Kingdom of the...
- Prakrit. Jain
literature is
primarily divided between the
canons of the
Digambara and Śvētāmbara orders.
These two main
sects of
Jainism do not
always agree...
- of
Sivabhuti came to be
known as
Digambaras. This is how the
Digambara and Śvetāmbara sect came about. The
Digambara being the
naked ones
where as Śvetāmbara...
-
disputed by
scholars as well as the
Svetambara Jain tradition. The
second Digambara text
interpreted to be
mentioning the
Maurya emperor is
dated to about...
- Swetambara) is one of the two main
branches of Jainism, the
other being the
Digambara. Śvetāmbara in
Sanskrit means "white-clad", and
refers to its ascetics'...
- Jain monk in the 1st
century AD who is
regarded as the
founder of the
Digambara tradition in 82 AD,
according to the 5th-century Śvetāmbara text Avashyak...
