Digambara Jains

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Jain sect religious community

Digambara Jains are adherents of one of the two major sects of Jainism, distinguished by their ascetic practices, emphasis on nudity for monks as a symbol of renunciation, and strict interpretation of non-attachment and non-violence.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Digambara Jains canonical 9
Digambara Jain tradition 4
Digambara Jainism 4

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain sect ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
associatedRegion India ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
canonicalCollection Kasayapahuda ⓘ
Shatkhandagama ⓘ
coreBelief ahimsa (non-violence) ⓘ
anekantavada (doctrine of non-one-sidedness) ⓘ
surface form: anekantavada (non-absolutism)

aparigraha (non-possessiveness) ⓘ
diet strict vegetarianism ⓘ
dietaryRestriction avoidance of eating after sunset ⓘ
avoidance of root vegetables in many communities ⓘ
distinguishedBy nudity of monks as symbol of renunciation ⓘ
strict ascetic practices ⓘ
strict interpretation of non-attachment ⓘ
strict interpretation of non-violence ⓘ
doNotOrdain nude nuns in contemporary practice ⓘ
doNotPractice nudity for lay followers ⓘ
ethicalCode five great vows for monks ⓘ
famousMonument Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola ⓘ
festival Akshaya Tritiya ⓘ
surface form: Akshaya Tritiya (associated with Rishabhanatha)

Mahavir Jayanti ⓘ
Paryushana ⓘ
surface form: Paryushana (Das Lakshana in Digambara tradition)
geographicConcentration Delhi ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
greatVow celibacy ⓘ
non-possession ⓘ
non-stealing ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
historicalDevelopment sectarian differentiation from Svetambara Jains solidified by early centuries CE ⓘ
historicalRegion Bundelkhand ⓘ
Deccan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Deccan

Malwa ⓘ
South India ⓘ
iconographicFeature Tirthankara images usually depicted nude ⓘ
Tirthankara images with downcast eyes in meditation ⓘ
absence of ornaments on Tirthankara images ⓘ
importantText Gommatsara ⓘ
Karmasara ⓘ
Labdhisara ⓘ
Mulachara ⓘ
Niyamasara ⓘ
Pancastikayasara ⓘ
Samayasara ⓘ
Trilokasara ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
layPractice wear white clothes ⓘ
majorSectOf Jainism ⓘ
majorSubsect Mula Sangh ⓘ
surface form: Kashtha Sangh

Mula Sangh ⓘ
Taran Panth ⓘ
Digambara Jains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Terapanth (Digambara)
monasticDressCode nudity for fully initiated monks ⓘ
monasticHierarchy acharya ⓘ
aryika (nun) ⓘ
muni ⓘ
upadhyaya ⓘ
monasticIdeal complete renunciation of possessions ⓘ
monasticRule monks carry no possessions except peacock-feather whisk and water pot in some subtraditions ⓘ
nameMeaning sky-clad ⓘ
philosophicalFocus karmic bondage and its destruction ⓘ
soul and its purification ⓘ
pilgrimageSite Gwalior rock-cut Jain statues ⓘ
surface form: Gwalior Fort Jain temples

Karkala ⓘ
Kundalpur (Madhya Pradesh) ⓘ
Muktagiri ⓘ
Shravanabelagola ⓘ
Sonagiri ⓘ
Venur ⓘ
population minority religious community in India ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
ritualPractice Sallekhana (ritual fast unto death under strict conditions) ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
pratikramana (ritual repentance) ⓘ
samayika (meditative equanimity) ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
viewOnCanon Svetambara canonical scriptures are not fully authentic ⓘ
viewOnWomenLiberation women cannot attain kevala jnana in a female body ⓘ
worship Mahavira ⓘ
Neminatha ⓘ
Parshvanatha ⓘ
Rishabhanatha ⓘ
Tirthankaras ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agamas → veneratedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Paryushana → observedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Svetambara → contrastsWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara
Jain nuns → mayBelongTo → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara tradition
Mahavir Jayanti → religiousTradition → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jainism
Palitana temples → associatedCommunity → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Girnar Jain temples → associatedWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jain tradition
Jain literature → coreScriptureOf → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jainism
Adipurana → associatedWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jain tradition
Digambara Jains → majorSubsect → Digambara Jains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terapanth (Digambara)
Trishala → veneratedIn → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jainism
Yashoda → associatedTradition → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jain tradition
anekantavada (doctrine of non-one-sidedness) → historicallyAssociatedWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
subject surface form: anekantavada
this entity surface form: Digambara tradition
Pajjusana → observedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Samvatsari → associatedWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Kshamavani → observedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Pratikraman → performedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Parasnath Hill → visitedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Shravanabelagola → associatedWith → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jain tradition
Rishabhanatha → veneratedBy → Digambara Jains ⓘ
Jains → majorTradition → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara
Bawangaja Jain temple → associatedWithSect → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara Jainism
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir → affiliation → Digambara Jains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digambara sect