Digambara monk the Jain text, "Dravyasamgraha": Digambara monks are also called "nirgrantha" which means "one without any bonds". The term originally applied to those of them who were on the point of attaining to omniscience, on the attainment of which they were called "munis". Rishabhanatha (the first "tirthankara") is said to be the first "Digambara" monk of the present half cycle of time ("avasarpini"). The presence of gymnosophists (naked philosophers) in Greek records as early as the fourth century BC, supports the claim of the "Digambaras" that they have preserved the ancient "Śramaṇa" practice. "Acharya" Bhadrabahu, "Acharya" Kundakunda are two of the
Religion in Inner Mongolia to 2% of its total population. Inner Mongolia has a small population of Hui Chinese who are Muslims. According to a survey of 2010 there are 21,100 Muslims in the region, equal to 0.91% of its population. Religion in Inner Mongolia Religion in Inner Mongolia is characterised by the diverse traditions of Mongolian-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, the Chinese traditional religion including the traditional Chinese ancestral religion, Taoism, Confucianism and folk religious sects, and the Mongolian native religion. The region is inhabited by a majority of Han Chinese and a substantial minority of Southern Mongols (the Mongols of China), so that