Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digambara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: digam-bara
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of the two main branches of Jainism (the other being the Svetambara), in which the ascetics wear no clothes.

Etymology

From Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara), from Sanskrit दिक् (dik) and अम्बर (ambara, “cloth”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: दिगम्बर, दिक्

Questions

What does digambara mean?: One of the two main branches of Jainism (the other being the Svetambara), in which the ascetics wear no clothes.
Where does digambara come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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