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Digambara

American  
[dih-guhm-ber-uh] / dɪˈgʌm bər ə /

noun

  1. the earlier of the two principal Jain sects, whose members went naked.


Etymology

Origin of Digambara

< Sanskrit: naked


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Digambara laymen are not expected to endure such privations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Great Head Washing is arranged by the most conservative wing of Jainism, the Digambara.

From Time Magazine Archive

The principal difference at present is that the images in Digambara temples are naked and bare, while those of the Swetambaras are clothed, presumably in white, and also decorated with jewellery and ornaments.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

Jeypur, according to Williams, is the stronghold of the Digambara Jains.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

The Digambara are the more numerous and the stricter sect.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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