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- 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...
- deer as his emblem, the Mahavenu tree, Sarvanha (Digambara) or Gomedha (Śhvētāmbara) Yaksha, and Ambika Yakshi. The name Neminatha consists of two Sanskrit...
- 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...
- believed to have the power to remove obstacles and save devotees. In Shvetambara tradition, there are 108 prominent idols of Parshvanath idols these idols...
- 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...
- Śvetāmbara Terapanth is a sect of the Śvetāmbara Jainism that was founded by Acharya Bhikshu in Vikram Samvat 1817. Acharya Bhikshu believed in strict...