INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Option c-Digambaras don’t wear any clothes and include only men whereas Shvetambaras monks wear white clothes and they include women too. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Digambara monks are not allowed any possessions, not even begging bowls and so can only receive gifts in their cupped hands. Svetambara monks can have a few possessions: simple white clothing. a begging bowl.

Detailed explanation-3: -Śvētāmbara means “white-clad", and refers to its ascetics’ practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the Digambara “sky-clad” Jains, whose ascetic practitioners go nude. Śvētāmbaras, unlike Digambaras, do not believe that ascetics must practice nudity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Digambar monks do not wear any clothes. They beg for food in their hands and eat only once a day. Shwetambar monks and nuns wear white clothes and they beg food in pots generally once a day. They bring the food to Upashraya or other place of their residence and ask their Guru for permission to eat their meal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Differences between Digambara and Svetambara-Two sects of Jainism. The Digambaras always remain naked while the Svetabaras wear white clothes. The Digambaras believe that nudity is a prerequisite to attaining salvation, whereas the Svetabaras do not believe in complete nudity.