Digambara about the archeological evidences which indicate that Jain monks moved from the practice of total nudity towards wearing clothes in later period. Ancient Tirthankara statues found in Mathura are naked. The oldest Tirthankara statue wearing a cloth is dated in 5th century CE. "Digamabara" statues of tirthankara belonging to Gupta period has half-closed eyes. According to "Digambara" texts, after liberation of the Lord Mahavira, three "Anubaddha Kevalīs" attained "Kevalajñāna" (omniscience) sequentially – Gautama "Gaņadhara", "Acharya" Sudharma, and Jambusvami in next 62 years. During the next hundred years, five "Āchāryas" had complete knowledge of the scriptures, as such, called "Śruta Kevalīs",
Digambara Patra Digambara Patra Digambara Patra is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the American University of Beirut. Digambara earned a PhD degree in Chemistry working with Professor A. K. Mishra at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Subsequently, he spent in University of Basel, Switzerland, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany and Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan for his postdoctoral studies before joining American University of Beirut. He is a recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship and JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship. With Professor A. K. Mishra at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Digambara discovered that Synchronous Fluorescence Scan are the easy, fast and sensitive approach