Digambara with the arms held stiffly down, knees straight, and toes directed forward. Female monastics in Digambara tradition are known as "aryikas". Statistically, there are more Digambara nuns, than there are monks. The "Digambara" Jains worship completely nude idols of "tirthankaras" (omniscient beings) and "siddha" (liberated souls). The "tirthankara" is represented either seated in yoga posture or standing in the "Kayotsarga" posture. The "Digambara" sect of Jainism rejects the authority of the texts accepted by the other major sect, the "Svetambaras". According to the "Digambaras", "Āchārya" Dharasena guided two "Āchāryas", Pushpadanta and Bhutabali, to put the teachings of Mahavira in written
Jain meditation or non-Jains. It is important to note that these developments happened mainly among Śvētāmbara sects, while Digambara groups generally did not develop new modernist meditation systems. Digambara sects instead promote the practice of self-study (Svādhyāya) as a form of meditation, influenced by the work of Kundakunda. This practice of self study (reciting scriptures and thinking about the meaning) is included in the practice of equanimity (sāmāyika) which is the spiritual practice emphasized by 20th century Digambara sects. The modern era saw the rise of a new Śvētāmbara sect, the Śvētāmbara Terapanth, founded by Ācārya Bhikṣu, who was said to be