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

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

Nearly all Banias belong to the Digambara sect, but the Oswāl are Swetambaras.

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

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 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 Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)