Digambara (/dɪˈɡʌmbərə/; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad). The Sanskrit word Digambara...
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denominations, Digambara and Śvētāmbara. Monks of the Digambara (sky-clad) tradition do not wear clothes. Female monastics of the Digambara sect wear unstitched...
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Jain schools and branches (section Digambara)
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...
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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...
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disputed by scholars as well as the Svetambara Jain tradition. The second Digambara text interpreted to be mentioning the Maurya emperor is dated to about...
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Jain literature (redirect from Jain Agamas (Digambara))
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...
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Jain monasticism (section Digambara monks)
between the Digambaras and the Śvetāmbaras happened. Digambaras use the word muṇi for male monastics and aryika for female monastics. Digambara monks are...
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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...
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Digambara Terapanth is one of the sects of Digambara Jainism, the other being the Bispanthi sect. It formed out of strong opposition to the religious domination...
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Digambara Patra is a professor of Chemistry at the American University of Beirut. Digambara earned a PhD degree in Chemistry working with Professor A...
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