It is believed in this religion that women can never reach the afterlife as it requires being naked which is not allowed by women.
Members of this religion recite the Avashyakas, and its central hymn is the Namokar Mantra. It states that Siddha live in the supreme abode, while the lowest forms of life inhabit the Nigoda, and it divides time into progressive and regressive time cycles called kalcharkas. It is believed in this religion that women can never reach the afterlife as it requires being naked which is not allowed by women. It is divided into two groups, one where monks where white garments and another in which they forego clothing altogether, the Svetambara and Digambara sects. Those who achieve enlightenment are called Tirthankars and there are 24 of them, the last of which was Mahavira. For ten points, name this nonviolent Indian religion.
Members of this religion recite the Avashyakas, and its central hymn is the Namokar Mantra.
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