Digambara Jain mainstream
Digambara ('sky-clad') Jain mainstream tradition. Distinctive male monastic nudity (women cannot achieve liberation in this body). Mainstream voluntary tradition.
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BITE breakdown
0 — Digambara ('sky-clad') Jain mainstream; voluntary monastic-nudity practice.
Profile facts
In context
Digambara is one of two main Jain traditions. Monastic male practitioners wear no clothes, reflecting total non-attachment. Doctrinal position that women must reincarnate as men before achieving liberation. Mainstream voluntary tradition.
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Timeline
- 5th c. CEDigambara / Svetambara split formalised
Sources
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