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- Terapanth or Tera Panth may refer to: Digambara Terapanth, a sect of the Digambara tradition of Jainism Śvetāmbara Terapanth, a sect of Śvetāmbara Jainism...
- followers are called Terapanthis, and they have a strong tradition of seva (selfless service) and sadhana (spiritual practice). The Terapanthi monks and nuns...
- Some Terapanthi practices, like not using flowers in worship, gradually spread throughout most of North Indian Jainism as well. The Terapanthi movement...
- Padmavati, Ambika and 16 Vidyadevis (including Sarasvati and Lakshmi). Terapanthi Digambaras limit their ritual worship to tirthankaras. The worship ritual...
- half-closed eyes. In 17th-century, adhyatma movement in Agra led to rise of terapanthi and bisapanthi sub-sects based on the differences over acceptance of authority...
- The Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being...
- was an eminent Indian Jain scholar and writer. He led the creation of terapanthi community among the Digambara Jains by rejecting the authority of bhattarakas...
- Surat, a follower of Loṅkā. Today, both the Śvetāmbara Sthānakavāsī and Terāpanthī sects align with Loṅkā, ****erting that mental worship (bhāva-pūjā) is...
- sects later subdivided into several sub-sects, such as Sthānakavāsī and Terapanthis after a misinterpretation of scriptures. The Digambara sect divided into...
- Mūrtipūjaka Jains differ from both Śvetāmbara Sthānakavāsī and Śvetāmbara Terāpanthī Jains in that they worship images of the Tīrthaṅkaras. Mūrtipūjaka may...