English Explanatory Dictionary

Digambara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the two main branches of Jainism (the other being the Svetambara), in which the ascetics wear no clothes.

Word forms

Digambara

Etymology

From Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara), from Sanskrit दिक् (dik) and अम्बर (ambara, “cloth”).

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