The Śvetāmbara (/ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə/; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being...

Digambara Jain tradition with what Śvetāmbara call as "eight concealments", of rejecting Jain texts preserved by the Śvetāmbara tradition, and misunderstanding...

came to be known as Śvetāmbara. Followers of Sivabhuti came to be known as Digambaras. This is how the Digambara and Śvetāmbara sect came about. The...

illegally occupy the Śvetāmbara dharmaśālā by Digambaras. The matter of unprecedented violence against Śvetāmbaras, Śvetāmbara monks and nuns, and discrimination...

Sivabhuti. This is how the Digambara and Śvetāmbara sects arose, the Digambara being naked whereas the Śvētāmbara were white-clothed. According to a later...

Śvetāmbara Terapanth (तेरापंथ धर्मसंघ) is a sect of the Śvetāmbara Jainism that was founded by Acharya Bhikshu in Vikram Samvat 1817. Acharya Bhikshu believed...

scholars. The existing Śvētāmbara canons are based on the Vallabhi council texts. From the 15th century onwards, various Śvetāmbara subsects began to disagree...

Differences arise from Sthulabhadra onwards, whose undisputed adherence to the Śvetāmbara is confirmed. Kalpasutra gives a lineage starting with Pushyagiri after...

Jinasena, Trisasti-salaka-purusa-caritra by the Śvetāmbara monk Acharya Hemachandra, Kalpa Sutra (a Śvetāmbara Jain text written by Bhadrabāhu that contains...

where Svetambara iconography starts appearing. Several scholars and scriptures of other religions as well as those of their counterpart Śvetāmbara Jains...

father's name was Siddhartha. According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha...

idol of Sambhavnatha which was consecrated by Svetambara Jain monk Acharya Suhastisuri. In 1055 CE, Śvetāmbara monk Acharya Gunsagarsuri consecrated a new...

It is also known as Navapada in the Śvetāmbara tradition and Navadevta in the Digambara tradition. In the Śvetāmbara tradition it is associated with the...

believed by the Śvetāmbara Murtipujaks. Some scholars believe that it originally had 44 verses based on the fact that the Śvetāmbara sect always had more...

well-known as the founder of the Oswāl clan of Śvetāmbara Jains. Vimalsuri- a 3rd century Jain monk of the Śvetāmbara Murtipujaka sect. He is best known for his...

the largest sect of Śvetāmbara Jainism.[citation needed] Mūrtipūjaka Jains differ from both Śvetāmbara Sthānakavāsī and Śvetāmbara Terāpanthī Jains in...

Ācārya Bhadrabāhu (c. 367 – c. 298 BC) was, according to both the Śvetāmbara and Digambara sects of Jainism, the last Shruta Kevalin (all knowing by hearsay...

Ambika mata temple, Kangra fort Kangra Śvetāmbara Jain temple Ambika mata temple, Kangra fort Kangra Śvetāmbara Jain temple Jal Mandir Shri Sammed Shikharji...

idol of Sambhavnatha which was consecrated by Svetambara Jain monk Acharya Suhastisuri. In 1055 AD, Śvetāmbara monk Acharya Gunsagarsuri consecrated a new...

Sthānakavāsī is a sect of Śvetāmbara Jainism which was created in the medieval era. The Sthanakvasi, whose name refers to the sect’s preference for performing...

A Śvetāmbara legend as stated in the 14th century text Prabandha-Chintamani says that he was locked up to test the mantric powers of Śvetāmbara Jain...

periods between any two consecutive tirthankaras. According to ancient Śvetāmbara texts such as Uttaradhyayana Sutra, owing to this short period of time...

Śvetāmbara sect, some also belong to the Digambara sect. The hill and some of the temples are considered sacred by both Digambara and the Śvetāmbara branches...

5th-century Śvetāmbara text Avashyak Bhashya, written by Jinabhadra. Little is known about him apart from a single story mentioned in this ancient Śvetāmbara text...

Palitana the "city of temples". It is one of the most sacred sites of the Śvetāmbara tradition within Jainism. The earliest temples in the complex date as...

caste of Shravak Jains of Śvetāmbara sect) family. He was the son of Roychand Deepchand, a merchant from Surat. Popular Śvetāmbara Jain monk Mohanlalji Maharaja...

and longing for the enjoyment of pleasures in the future. The ancient Śvetāmbara Jain text Ācārāṅga Sūtra, dated to about 3rd or 2nd century BCE, describes...

Nakodaji Tirth is a major Śvetāmbara Jain tirth (pilgrimage site) of Tirthankara Parshwanatha in the Indian state of Rajasthan, located between the villages...

temple is an important Śvetāmbara Jain pilgrimage center, and the Jirawala Parshvanath idol is one of the 108 prominent Śvetāmbara Parshvanath idols. According...

the large Jain community in the United Arab Emirates and is the only Śvetāmbara Jain temple in Bur Dubai, where most of the Jains reside. The temple complex...