Home›Dharmic›DenominationsBrowse ByDenominationsThis page groups religions by how many internal denominations or branches they have split into over time. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism alone, having separated from the Catholic Church in the Reformation, "is split into thousands of denominations." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which traditions have stayed largely unified and which have fragmented into many distinct bodies.FactsLearn MoreDenominationsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsStatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: Dharmic is a modern cover term, and dharma does not carry the same sense in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain usage. The family resemblance is real; the shared word conceals as much as it shows. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTraditions of Indian origin sharing the vocabulary of dharma - the order of things and the conduct proper to it - together with karma, rebirth, and release from the cycle of rebirth as the goal. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreThe Dharmic Traditions This group holds religions of Dharmic classification, the family of traditions that arose in the Indian subcontinent and share the vocabulary of dharma (cosmic and moral order), karma (the moral law of action), and rebirth, with liberation from the cycle of rebirth as the ultimate goal. The browser will find the Indian-origin religions grouped here by this shared framework. The entries describe each in its own terms; other classification tabs separate the Dharmic traditions further by their stance on the divine, polytheistic, monotheistic or nontheistic.DenominationsFilter Results3 entriesBasis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Date of Separation End YearAll200 (2)Date of Separation Start YearAll100 (2)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllFull mendicancy requires the abandonment of clothing (1)Liberation is attained only from a man's birth (1)Mendicants wear white cloth (1)Mendicants wear white cloth (1)The Agama canon accepted as authentically preserved (1)The Agama canon accepted as authentically preserved (1)The original canon held to have been lost (1)Women may attain liberation from a woman's birth (1)Women may attain liberation from a woman's birth (1)FounderAllAcharya Bhikshu (1)No founder. (2)GovernanceAllAuthority in a living teacher and their succession (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (2)Lay boards or trusts govern, alongside the priesthood (2)Liturgical LanguageAllArdhamagadhi Prakrit (2)Jain Shauraseni Prakrit (1)Sanskrit (3)Membership Figure As OfAll1971-01-01 (1)1975-01-01 (1)1981-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllOpen to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (3)Restricted to men (1)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Origin Period End YearAll200 (1)454 (1)1760 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll100 (2)1760 (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareDigambaraDenominations1 entrySvetambaraDenominations1 entryTerapanthDenominations1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. DharmaView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.