Digambara

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proper noun

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

OriginSanskrit दिगम्बर →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Sanskritदिक्
  2. Sanskritदिगम्बर
  3. EnglishDigambara

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

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