Digambara monk

Digambar Sādhus have 28 primary attributes which includes observance of the five supreme vows of ahimsa (non-injury), truth, non-thieving, celibacy and non-possession.

According to the Jain text, Dravyasamgraha:[2] Salutation to the Ascetic (Sādhu) abound in faith and knowledge, who incessantly practises pure conduct that surely leads to liberation.Digambar Sādhus are also called nirgranth which means "one without any bonds".

[5] The presence of gymnosophists (naked philosophers) in Greek records as early as the fourth century BC proves the existence of Ajivakas.

[8] These twenty-eight primary attributes are: five supreme vows (mahāvrata); five regulations (samiti); five-fold control of the senses (pañcendriya nirodha); six essential duties (Şadāvaśyaka); and seven rules or restrictions (niyama).

He has to prepare himself for the greatest contest in his career, namely, the struggle against Death, and cannot afford to waste his time and opportunity in attending to the beautification and embellishment of his outward person.

Jain texts list down twenty-two hardships (parīşaha jaya) that should be endured by an ascetic who wish to attain moksha (liberation).

Āchārya has thirty-six primary attributes (mūla guņa) consisting in:[29] In the presence of lovely, intoxicated women in the bloom of youth, the ascetic residing in lonely bowers, houses, etc.

And the smile, charming talk, amorous glances and laughter, lustful slow movement of women and the arrows of Cupid have no effect on him.

Image of Āchārya Kundakunda (author of Pancastikayasara , Niyamasara )
The Ascetic ( Sādhu ) keeps with him a feather-whisk ( picchī ) – implement of compassion, a water-pot ( kamaņdalu ) – implement of purity, and scriptural treatise ( śāstra ) – implement of knowledge. [ 1 ]
Vidyasagar , a prominent Digambara monk