Consider the following statements regarding “digambaras”: 1. They stress the practice of nudity as an absolute pre-requisite to the mendicant’s path and to the attainment of salvation. 2. It holds that a woman lacks the body and rigid will be necessary to attain moksha. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements regarding “digambaras”:
1.They stress the practice of nudity as an absolute pre-requisite to the mendicant’s path and to the attainment of salvation.
2.It holds that a woman lacks the body and rigid will be necessary to attain moksha.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation: Literally means ‘sky clad’. Digambaras stress the practice of nudity as an absolute pre-requisite to the mendicant’s path and to the attainment of salvation.

According to tradition, during the famous Magadha Famine (200 years after the death of Mahavira), they are the ones who under the leadership of Bhadrabahu migrated south and lived in the old traditional way.
On the point of liberation of women, Digambara tradition holds that a woman lacks the body and rigid will be necessary to attain moksha, i.e., liberation; hence she must be reborn as a man before such an attainment is possible.

Source: Tamil Nadu NCERT

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