- The Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also
spelled Shwetambara,
Shvetambara,
Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main
branches of Jainism, the other...
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months and
seven and a half days
during the 6th
century BC. However,
Shvetambaras generally believe that he was
conceived by Devananda, the wife of a Brahmin...
- the
month of
Chaitra in the year 599 BC (Chaitra Sud 13).
According to
Shvetambara tradition, he was born in
Kshatriyakund of Bihar. Some
modern historians...
- Śvetāmbara
Terapanth (तेरापंथ धर्मसंघ) is a sect of the Śvetāmbara
Jainism that was
founded by
Acharya Bhikshu in
Vikram Samvat 1817.
Acharya Bhikshu believed...
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possibly c. 6th or
early 5th
century BCE (historical) 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...
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different Jaina sects have
expressed different views,
particularly the
Shvetambara sect that
believes that
women too can
achieve liberation from saṃsāra...
- deer as his emblem, the
Mahavenu tree,
Sarvanha (Digambara) or
Gomedha (
Śhvētāmbara) Yaksha, and
Ambika Yakshi. The name
Neminatha consists of two Sanskrit...
- (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...
- Chandragupta-Chanakya
legend is
mentioned in
several commentaries of the
Shvetambara canon. The most well-known
version of the Jain
legend is
contained in...
