In his 1954 book ‘Samanamum Tamilum’, the late scholar and historian Mayilai Seeni Venkatasami says it is possibly because Jain monks in TN belonged to the Digambara sect, which because of an ...

Central to Jainism are five vows ... the Jains divided into an orthodox sect Digambara ("sky–clad") in which followers claimed adherence to Mahavira's philosophy by going without clothes ...

Deccan – Plateau in South Central India. Dharma – Duty (Hinduism); righteousness (Jainism); teachings of Buddha (Buddhism). Digambara– A sect belonging to the Jain religion known as ‘sky ...