Aparajita (Jain monk)
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Aparajita was an eighth century '' Digambara monk''.


Biography

Aparajita was an eighth century '' Digambara monk'' who defended the practice of ''Digambara monks'' of being nude. His explanation reduced ''
Śvētāmbara The Śvētāmbara (; ''śvētapaṭa''; also spelled ''Shwethambara'', ''Svetambar'', ''Shvetambara'' or ''Swetambar'') is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the ''Digambara''. Śvētāmbara means "white-clad", and refers ...
'' monks and nuns to the status of lay people. He explained that ''Digambara'' does not mean just being nude, instead it means "abandonment of all possessions", the desire to possess things, and the fear of losing them.


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* Indian Jain monks 8th-century Indian Jains 8th-century Jain monks 8th-century Indian monks {{Jainism-bio-stub