- The
Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also
spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara,
Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main
branches of Jainism, the
other being...
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practiced today. It has two
major ancient sub-traditions,
Digambaras and
Śvētāmbaras,
which hold
different views on
ascetic practices, gender, and the texts...
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cousin of Krishna. The two main
sects of Jainism, the
Digambara and the
Śvētāmbara sects,
likely started forming around the 1st
century CE, and the schism...
- "sky-clad") is one of the two
major schools of Jainism, the
other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad). The
Sanskrit word
Digambara means "sky-clad", referring...
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literature is
primarily divided between the
canons of the
Digambara and
Śvētāmbara orders.
These two main
sects of
Jainism do not
always agree on
which texts...
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Jainism is
divided into two
major schools of thought,
Digambara and
Śvetāmbara.
These are
further divided into
different sub-sects and traditions. While...
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serpent Devtā and Devī).
Texts of the two
major Jain
sects (Digambaras and
Śvētāmbaras)
differ on the
teachings of
Parshvanath and Mahavir, and this is a foundation...
- and can be
divided into two
major denominations: the
Digambara and the
Śvētāmbara. The
monastic practices of the two
major sects vary greatly, but the major...
- Antarikṣa Pārśvanātha Tīrtha is a
Śvetāmbara Jain
temple in
Shirpur (Jain) town in
Akola district, Maharashtra, India. Most po****r for the main deity...
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Śvetāmbara Terapanth (तेरापंथ धर्मसंघ) is a sect of the
Śvetāmbara Jainism that was
founded by
Acharya Bhikshu in
Vikram Samvat 1817.
Acharya Bhikshu believed...
