History & Civics
Name the two sects into which Jainism got divided. Why were they so called?
Answer
The two sects into which Jainism got divided were:
- Shvetambaras or White clad.
- Digambaras or sky-clad.
Digambara sect is called so as the sanskrit word Digambar means sky-clad, referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing nor wearing any clothes. Shvetambara means white clad as it refers to its ascetics' practice of wearing white clothes.