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Section sizes

Section size for Digambara (22 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,430	3,430
Nomenclature	334	334
Origin in traditional accounts	1,577	1,577
History	2,369	2,369
Lineage	3,286	3,286
Scripture and literature	3,729	3,729
Practices	14	12,322
Monasticism	8,933	8,933
Nuns	1,596	1,596
Digambar akhara	530	530
Worship	1,249	1,249
Sub-sects	2,811	2,811
Criticism of Digambara sect	35	7,194
Padmanabh Jaini	3,581	3,581
Nalini Balbir	1,615	1,615
Kristi L. Wiley	1,248	1,248
Other religions	715	715
Differences with Śvetāmbara sect	4,354	4,354
See also	167	167
Notes	28	8,133
Sources	8,105	8,105
External links	179	179
Total	49,885	49,885

Merge

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Digambara Terapanth should be merged into this article due to lack of sourced content. Capankajsmilyo (talk) 13:35, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Oppose: there are sufficient references to support independent notability. Klbrain (talk) 19:45, 22 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

non-monks?

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article seems to be all about monks. What about the average person who belongs to this path? Do they wear clothes? What about at home? Do they have children and go out at night? etc. --142.163.195.93 (talk) 16:14, 23 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

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