Śvetāmbara - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Members of this branch wear muhapatti masks primarily to prevent saliva from desecrating sacred texts, while also reducing the risk of harming insects through accidental ingestion. For 10 points each:

[10m] The majority of Jains adhere to what “white-clad” sect, as opposed to a related “sky-clad” sect that prioritizes nudity?

ANSWER: Śvetāmbara [or Shwetambara or Swetambara or Shvetambara]

[10e] The assertion that Svetembara Jains wear muhapatti to protect insects derives from this general principle of non-violence in Jainism.

ANSWER: ahimsa

[10h] Muhapatti are also worn to protect microbes, which reside in this lowest state of Jain existence pervaded by “group-souled” individuals that only have the sense of touch.

ANSWER: nigoda

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	7	11.43	71%	29%	14%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	83%	67%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	88%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	3.33	33%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley D	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCSD B	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
UCSD A	UC Irvine	10	10	0	20
Arizona State	UCSD C	0	10	0	10
Central Florida B	Central Florida C	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Central Florida A	Florida C	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	Michigan State	10	10	0	20
Duke	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina B	Virginia	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	NC State A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina C	VCU	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Chicago D	Notre Dame A	0	0	0	0
Illinois B	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
MIT	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis A	Brandeis B	0	10	0	10
Brown	Southern Connecticut State	10	10	0	20
Harvard B	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10
Yale	Dartmouth B	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Carleton College	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Claremont	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
Missouri B	Washington B	0	0	0	0
Tennessee A	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Mississipi State	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Sewanee	10	10	0	20
Texas A&M A	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Murray State A	0	10	0	10
Oxford C	Birmingham	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Cardiff	10	10	0	20
Montpellier	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Catholic	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	John Jay	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	Penn State	0	0	0	0
Cornell B	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Cornell A	0	0	0	0
Swarthmore	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	NYU C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Maryland C	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	Vassar	10	10	0	20