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- The Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambar) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being...
- 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...
- Murti of Mahavira at his birthplace, Kshatriyakund (Shvetambara tradition), in Bihar...
- depicted in paintings and sculpture. According to the second chapter of the Shvetambara Acharanga Sutra, King Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha...
- His sister Priyakarini (Trishala) was married to Siddartha. As per Shvetambara texts and Indologist Hermann Jacobi, Vardhamana Mahavira's mother Trishala...
- deer as his emblem, the Mahavenu tree, Sarvanha (Digambara) or Gomedha (Śhvētāmbara) Yaksha, and Ambika Yakshi. The name Neminatha consists of two Sanskrit...
- Barmer District. The temple houses the icon of Nakoda Bhairava, a po****r Shvetambara guardian deity. The temple is an important pilgrimage center visited...
- Sthanakavasis believing in no textual authority. Both the Digambara and Shvetambara believe that the "purest" Jain teachings were contained within the Purvas...
- Pandit Bhagchand 175. Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha - Kshullaka Jinendra Varn Shvetambara Agamas AGAMAS are the main scriptures followed by Jains as preached by...
- (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...