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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

(fourteen according to the Śvetāmbara tradition and sixteen according to the Digambara tradition). According to Śvetāmbara monk Acharya Hemachandra, epidemics...

Hemachandra was a 12th century (c. 1088  – c. 1172/1173 CE) Śvetāmbara Jain acharya,scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian, law theorist...

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

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...

However, on 30th March 1966, Rajasthan High Court declared that it was a Śvetāmbara Jain temple. The main idol of the temple, popularly known as Kesariyaji...

the Pali district of Rajasthan. It is a major pilgrimage place for the Śvetāmbara community. Dhanna Seth, a local Jain businessperson, started construction...

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

ascetic life, and attained kevala jnana (omniscience). According to the Śvetāmbara Jains, he attained kevala jnana (omniscience) after which he renounced...

meaning "sky-clad", sect based on the nudity of male monks, and the Śvetāmbara, or "white-clad," sect referring to a simple white fabric worn by both...