Digambara

[dih-guhm-ber-uh]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Digambara¹

< Sanskrit: naked

Example Sentences

A Digambara Jain monk tries, and comes about as close as is humanly possible.

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Digambara laymen are not expected to endure such privations.

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

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The Digambara sect of Jains agree with the Buddhists in holding that women cannot attain Nirvāna or heaven, while the Swetambara sect say that they can, and also admit women as nuns into the ascetic order.

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The Digambara are the more numerous and the stricter sect.

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