दिगम्बर mfn. (
-रः-रा-री-रं)
1. Naked, unclad, unclothed.
2. Dressed in, or enveloped by the atmosphere, clouds, &c.
m. (
-रं)
1. A Bauddha mendicant, wearing coloured clothes, or going naked.
2. Any mendicant not wearing clothes.
3. Darkness.
4. A name of SIVA, (from his being naked.)
5. A Jain of one great division, which represents the images of their saints, either naked or plainly attired.
f. (
-री) A name of DURGA.
E. दिक् inflection of
दिश् space,
अम्बर vestment; whose only garment is the atmosphere.
दिक् शून्य- मम्बरं यस्य . ROOTS:
दिक् दिश् अम्बर दिक् शून्य- मम्बरं यस्य .