Digambara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Digambara
< Sanskrit: naked
Example Sentences
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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
His doctrine was closely allied to Jainism, especially the Digambara sect, but was probably more extravagant and anti-social.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
Formerly the Digambara ascetics went naked, and were the gymnosophists of the Greek writers, but now they take off their clothes, if at all, only at meals.
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
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