Digambara (/dɪˈɡʌmbərə/; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad). The Sanskrit word Digambara...

religions still practiced today. It has two major ancient sub-traditions, Digambaras and Śvētāmbaras, which hold different views on ascetic practices, gender...

scholars of Jainism that Mahavira lived in ancient India. According to the Digambara Uttarapurana text, Mahavira was born in Kundagrama in the Kingdom of the...

of Sivabhuti came to be known as Digambaras. This is how the Digambara and Śvetāmbara sect came about. The Digambara being the naked ones where as Śvetāmbara...

together". It is a time when the Jains take on vows of study and fasting. The Digambara Jains recite the ten chapters of the Jain text, Tattvartha Sutra on ten...

between the Digambaras and the Śvetāmbaras happened. Digambaras use the word muṇi for male monastics and aryika for female monastics. Digambara monks are...

A Digambara monk or Digambara Sādhu (also muni, sādhu) is a Sādhu in the Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an occupant of the highest limb of...

Prakrit. Jain literature is primarily divided between the canons of the Digambara and Śvētāmbara orders. These two main sects of Jainism do not always agree...

Digambara Patra is a professor of Chemistry at the American University of Beirut. Digambara earned a PhD degree in Chemistry working with Professor A...

Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. Śvetāmbara in Sanskrit means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics'...