A Digambara monk or Digambara Sādhu (also muni, sādhu) is a Sādhu in the Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an occupant of the highest limb of...

manuscripts). One of the most important scholar-monks of the Digambara tradition was Kundakunda. Digambara Jain communities are currently found mainly in...

monasticism refers to the order of monks and nuns in the Jain community and can be divided into two major denominations: the Digambara and the Śvētāmbara. The monastic...

Muni Tarun Sagar (26 June 1967 – 1 September 2018) was an Indian Digambara monk. His lectures are termed Kadve Pravachan (bitter discourses) because they...

Maharaj (10 October 1946 – 18 February 2024) was an Indian Digambara Jain Acharya (Digambar Jain Monk). He was recognized both for his scholarship and tapasya...

derived from the original Ācārāṅga Sūtra and discusses the conduct of a Digambara monk. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra is the oldest agama, from a linguistic point of...

Kumudendu Muni (Kannada: ಕುಮುದೇಂದು ಮುನಿ) was a Digambara monk who authored Siribhoovalaya, a unique multi-lingual literary work. Scholars are divided about...

Jinasena, a Digambara monk. It deals with the life of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara. Adi Purana was composed by Jinasena (a Digambara monk) as a Sanskrit...

(nuns to monks) is about 3.5 to 1. In contrast to Śvetāmbara, the Digambara sect monastic community has been predominantly male. In the Digambara tradition...

Prabhācandra Virasena, Digambara, 790–825 CE Pujyapada Aparajita Aryanandi, 20th century Digambara acharya Vidyasagar, Digambara, Born 1946 Ganeshprasad...

Jain monk in either Śvetāmbara or Digambara tradition can belong to one of these ranks: Acharya: leader of the order Upadhyaya: a learned monk, who both...

and his two sons Bharata and Bahubali. It was composed by Jinasena, a Digambara monk. According to Jain texts, Bahubali was born to Rishabhanatha and Sunanda...

Śvetāmbara and Digambara sects of Jainism, the last Shruta Kevalin (all knowing by hearsay, that is indirectly) in Jainism. According to the Digambara tradition...

Śvetāmbara with some Digaṁbaras. The historian H. L. Jain has suggested that Krisha, the patron of Muni Srichandra, a Digambara monk, belonged to the same...

reached all strata of Indian society. Samantabhadra, an illustrious Digambara monk, as early as the 2nd century A.D., called the tīrtha of Mahāvīra (24th...

Jains for many years. It was revived among Digambara monks. In 1955, Acharya Shantisagar, a Digambara monk took the vow because of his inability to walk...

denominations, Digambara and Śvētāmbara. Monks of the Digambara (sky-clad) tradition do not wear clothes. Female monastics of the Digambara sect wear unstitched...

Guņabhadra (fl. ninth century CE) was a Digambara monk in India. He co-authored Mahapurana along with Jinasena. His lineage started with Chandrasena who...

Samantabhadra (Jain monk), second-century Digambara head of the monastic order Samantabhadra (Karmole) (1891–1988), Digambara monk Samantabhadra Meditation...

Shantisagar – Jain Digambara monk Shri Thanedar – Indian-American politician, businessman, scientist Acharya Vidyasagar – Jain Digambara monk Belgaum district...

Acharya Vattakera of the Digambara tradition, around 150 CE. Mulachara discusses anagara-dharma – the conduct of a Digambara monk. It consists twelve chapters...

Acharya Bhutabali (7th century CE) was a Digambara monk. He along with Acharya Pushpadanta composed the most sacred Jain text, Satkhandagama.. Shrut Panchami...

20th century Bhutabali Pushpadanta (Jain monk) Aparajita (Jain monk) Ilango Adigal Jinaratna Jinasena, Digambara, preceptor of the Rashtrakuta rulers, 800–880...

was an eighth century Digambara monk. Aparajita was an eighth century Digambara monk who defended the practice of Digambara monks of being nude. His explanation...

the "true religion" between a mendicant Buddhist wanderer and a Jain Digambara monk. The latter ones, convinced by the Kāpālika couple to give up their...

Svami was celibate who got initiated as Digambara monk in his later life. Biography by Phulcandra (1933) Digambara Terapanthi scholar Pandit Phulcandra Siddhanta...

Muni Shri 108 Kshamasagar ji Maharaj was a Digambara monk initiated by Shri 108 Acharya Vidyasagar ji Maharaj. He is also known for his poetry and writings...

Sarabhai Nawab and other Swetambara people. Ghantakarna is not known among Digambara Jains. John E. Cort states it as a reformulation of a private tradition...

original followers of Mahavira and that the Digambara sect emerged in 82 AD as a result of a rebellion by a monk named Sivabhuti, who was the disciple of...

candles. In 1931, Acharya Shantisagar, a Digambara Jain monk arrived in Delhi. He was the first Digambara monk to visit Delhi after a gap of eight centuries...