Jain muni (Digambara) hairless iski wajah mukhya roop se in do baaton par depend karti hai:

• Digambara sect ke munis nudity ya nakedness ko apni poori renunciation ki nishani maante hain. Isliye jo full mendicants hote hain, ve bina kapdon ke rehte hain. Ye unki aparigraha (ashritya na rakhna) ki pratigya ko darshata hai. Isse unki worldly attachment se poori tarah mukti ki-or agrasar hone ki pratikriya dikhai deti hai. (Full munis keval kapdon ke bina hote hain; novici ya junior monks kapde pehnte hain.)
• Kaya-kleśha (shareer ki kaalhi ya hair ka nash) ke rites Digambara dīkṣā ke dauran hoten hain. Keśa-loca ke din, nayi sainyon ke baad peeth ke baal yao hair nikalne ki kriya hoti hai, jise ashesh se hair roots par embers ya ashes lagakar dukh kam kiya jata hai. Isse body hair ko hata diya jata hai. Aage chal kar full munis hair-nirpeksha rehte hain. Par shvetāmbara mendicants (jo white-clad hote hain) hair shayad baḍa roop se nahi katte; ve kapde pehente hain aur apni nishthā ko hair ke matter par alag tarah se vyakt karte hain.

• Isi tarah Digambara nuns aam taur par kapdo me rehti hain, jabki Śvetāmbara mendicants white robes pehnte hain. Mard ya auratein, dono ki renunciation ki prakriya alag-alag paramparaon mein alag tarah se hoti hai.

Summary arth (saral): hairlessness jyadatar Digambara munis ki symbol practice hai—poore attachment se mukt hone ki nishani. Full munis, dīkṣā ke ant mein, hair pluck ya hair removal ki kriya ke baad nudity par chal padte hain. Śvetāmbara mendicants kapdon ke saath rehte hain aur aam taur par baal katwane ki zaroorat nahi manta.

Note: Digambara aur Śvetāmbara traditions ke beech is mudda par kuch differences hote hain, isliye dono tarah ki vyakhya aur riwayat alag ho sakti hain.