Digambara

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Digambara

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