- The Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also
spelled Shwetambara,
Shvetambara,
Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main
branches of Jainism, the other...
- (Kevala Jnana).
Mallinatha is
believed to be a
woman named Malli Devi by
Shvetambara Jains while the
Digambara sect
believes all 24
tirthankara to be men...
-
tirthankars were born. In Jainism,
there are two
major sects Digambara and
Shvetambara schools of thought. The
location of the
Mithilapuri Jain
Teerth is believed...
- His
sister Priyakarini (Trishala) was
married to Siddartha. As per
Shvetambara texts and
Indologist Hermann Jacobi,
Vardhamana Mahavira's
mother Trishala...
-
month of
Chaitra in the year 599 BCE (Chaitra Sud 13).
According to
Shvetambara tradition, he was born in
Kshatriyakund of Bihar. Some
modern historians...
- deer as his emblem, the
Mahavenu tree,
Sarvanha (Digambara) or
Gomedha (
Śhvētāmbara) Yaksha, and
Ambika Yakshi. The name
Neminatha consists of two Sanskrit...
-
believed to have the
power to
remove obstacles and save devotees. In
Shvetambara tradition,
there are 108
prominent idols of
Parshvanath idols these idols...
- Kalyanak,
Diwali Genealogy Born Vardhamāna c. 599 BCE Kshatriyakund, (
Shvetambara) Kundalpur/Kundapur, (Digambara) Nāya
Republic or Nātha clan, Vajjika...
- Jain
literature (Sanskrit: जैन साहित्य)
refers to the
literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and
ancient literary tradition,
which was initially...
-
different Jaina sects have
expressed different views,
particularly the
Shvetambara sect that
believes that
women too can
achieve liberation from saṃsāra...
