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​Digambara (space-clad or sky-clad, i.e., nude). — One of the two main divisions of the Jains. The Digambaras are said †[1] to "regard absolute nudity as the indispensable sign of holiness, though the advance of civilisation has compelled them to depart from the practice of their theory."

  1. ↑ † G. Buhler on the Indian Sect of the Jainas, 1903,
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