- The
Śvetāmbaras disagree with the Digambaras,
believing that
women can also
achieve liberation from saṃsāra
through ascetic practices. The
Śvetāmbaras state...
- The
Śvetāmbaras disagree with the Digambaras,
believing that
women can also
achieve liberation from saṃsāra
through ascetic practices. The
Śvetāmbaras state...
- Jain
monastic order according to
Śvetāmbaras,
starting with Mahavira's
Ganadhara (disciple) Sudharmaswami).
Śvetāmbaras consider Bhadrabahusuri to be a...
-
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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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...
- However,
Śvetāmbaras believe that
Manatungasuri composed only 44
verses and the rest of them were
interpolated later. Therefore,
Śvetāmbaras include them...
- The
Śvetāmbaras disagree with the Digambaras,
believing that
women can also
achieve liberation from Saṃsāra
through ascetic practices. The
Śvetāmbaras state...
- no
evidences indicate when the
schism between the
Digambaras and the
Śvetāmbaras happened.
Digambaras use the word muṇi for male
monastics and aryika...
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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...
