- and Jain studies,
about four-fifths of all
Jains in
India are
Śvetāmbaras.
Śvetāmbaras consider themselves to be the
original followers of
Mahavira and...
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During the 8 days of
Paryushana celebrated by
Śvetāmbaras, all
slots except one were
given to
Śvetāmbaras.
Similar policy was
applied to
Digambaras during...
- Jain
monastic order according to
Śvetāmbaras,
starting with Mahavira's
Ganadhara (disciple) Sudharmaswami).
Śvetāmbaras consider Bhadrabahusuri to be a...
- The
Śvetāmbaras disagree with the Digambaras,
believing that
women can also
achieve liberation from saṃsāra
through ascetic practices. The
Śvetāmbaras state...
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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...
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believed to be
Ardhamagadhi by the
Śvētāmbara Jains, and a form of
sonic resonance by the
Digambara Jains. The
Śvētāmbaras believe that they have preserved...
- The
Śvetāmbaras disagree with the Digambaras,
believing that
women can also
achieve liberation from Saṃsāra
through ascetic practices. The
Śvetāmbaras state...
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major Jain traditions. In 453 or 466 CE, the
Śvētāmbara order held
another council at Vallabhi. The
Śvētāmbaras recompiled the
Agamas and
recorded them as...
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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...
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ascetic community.
Texts of the two
major Jain
sects (Digambaras and
Śvētāmbaras)
differ on the
teachings of
Parshvanath and Mahavir, and this is a foundation...
