Digambara

American  

[dih-guhm-ber-uh] / dɪˈgʌm bər ə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Digambara

< Sanskrit: naked

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Digambara laymen are not expected to endure such privations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Digambara ascetics may not use vessels for cooking or holding their food, but must take it in their hands from their disciples and eat it thus; while the Swetambara ascetics may use vessels.

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

The Digambara, however, do not consider the straining-cloth, brush, and gauze before the mouth essential to the character of an ascetic, while the Swetambara insist on them.

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

The names of notable Digambara leaders like Jinasena and Guṇabhadra dating from this period are preserved and Jainism must in some districts have become the dominant religion.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir