Digambara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Digambara
< Sanskrit: naked
Example Sentences
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A Digambara Jain monk tries, and comes about as close as is humanly possible.
From Forbes
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 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.
From Project Gutenberg
The Digambara are the more numerous and the stricter sect.
From Project Gutenberg
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