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

naked. This is how the Digambara and Śvetāmbara sect came about. The Digambara being the naked ones where as Śvetāmbara being the white clothed. According...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

practiced today. It has two major ancient sub-traditions, Digambaras and Śvētāmbaras, which hold different views on ascetic practices, gender, and the texts...

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

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...

connection with Jainism. Southwestern Rajasthan was the main centre for Śvetāmbara Jainism.[citation needed] Major Digambara centres are in the northern...

Jain religious festival of Paryushana as a result of efforts made by the Śvetāmbara monk Hiravijayasuri. Jainism rejects the concept of a creator and founder...

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...

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...

text, Mahavira was born in Kundagrama in the Kingdom of the Videhas; the Śvētāmbara Kalpa Sūtra uses the name "Kundagrama", said to be located in present-day...

Digambara and the Śvētāmbara. The Kalpa Sūtra describes Mahavira's asceticism in detail; from it and from the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, most of the Śvetāmbara ascetic practices...

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

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

source?] This is Śvetāmbara Jain temple established by preceptors of the Sagar Samudaay, including Daulatsagarsuri, of the Śvetāmbara sect. The principal...

400-day-long fast by consuming sugarcane juice poured into his cupped hands. Śvetāmbara Jains perform a similar fast (but consume food on alternate days) that...

Kadamba Mahāsvara Gītarati Gītarasa Vajravān The Saṃgrahaṇī Sūtra of the Śvetāmbara sect provides a slightly different list: Hāhā Huhū Tumburu Nārada Ṛṣivādika...

According to Olle Quarnström it is "the most comprehensive treatise on Śvetāmbara Jainism known to us". The Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana includes six languages:...

worshipped by the Śvetāmbara sect and it is one of the 108 most revered images of the 23rd Tirtankara Parshvanatha as believed by the Śvetāmbara Murtipujak sect...

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...

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...