Why did the Digambara Jaina sect hold that women are ineligible for full membership in the community?
A) They menstruate.
B) They were thought to be less rational than men.
C) Mahavira was a man.
D) They were thought to be incapable of detaching themselves from worldly desires.
E) It is impossible for them to go naked.
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