- The
Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also
spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara,
Svetambara or Swetambar) is one of the two main
branches of Jainism, the
other being...
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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...
- "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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Śvetāmbara Terapanth is a sect of the
Śvetāmbara Jainism that was
founded by
Acharya Bhikshu in
Vikram Samvat 1817.
Acharya Bhikshu believed in strict...
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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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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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Mantunga composer of
Bhaktamara Stotra recognized by both,
Digambar and
Śvētāmbara.
Akalank ji
Acharya Samantabhadra -
Author of The
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra...
- [citation needed] The two main
sects of Jainism, the
Digambara and the
Śvētāmbara sect,
likely started forming about the 3rd
century BCE 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...
- text,
Mahavira was born in
Kundalpur in the
Kingdom of the Videhas; the
Śvētāmbara Kalpa Sūtra uses the name "Kundagrama", said to be
located in present-day...
