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Jain

5 jain group profiles. All scores are BITE-derived from publicly available sources.

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Jain

Digambara Jain mainstream

10/40· Low

Digambara ('sky-clad') Jain mainstream tradition. Distinctive male monastic nudity (women cannot achieve liberation in this body). Mainstream voluntary tradition.

Sthanakvasi Jain (anti-idol reform)

9/40· Low

Anti-idol Svetambara Jain reform tradition (15th c.). Worship in plain meditation halls (sthanak) without temple imagery.

Various Jain spinoff communities (umbrella)

9/40· Low

Umbrella for Jain spinoff communities — Terapanth (1760 Bhikhanji split), Kanji Swami Panth, etc.

Mainstream Jainism

5/40· Low

Mainstream Jainism — practised by ≈4–6 million primarily in India — is a low-CLCI reference point. Centres on ahimsa (non-violence), aparigraha (non-attachment), and individual liberation through ascetic practice.

Svetambara Jain mainstream

5/40· Low

Svetambara ('white-clad') Jain mainstream tradition. Distinctive from Digambara ('sky-clad'). Voluntary very low-control reference.

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