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‖ Svetambara, n.|ʃwɛˈtʌmbərə|
Also Swetambar, -ber |-bə(r)|, Swetambara.
[Skr. Śvetāmbara, lit. ‘white-clad’, as both monks and nuns of the sect wear white robes.]
One of the two principal sects of Jainism, whose ascetic practices are less extreme than those of the Digambaras. Also, an adherent of this sect. Freq. attrib.
1828Asiatick Researches XVI. 19 The Jainas that existed in the time of Ananda Giri appear as Digambaras only; he does not notice their division into Digambaras and Swetámbaras, as they at present are found. 1881Encycl. Brit. XIII. 544/1 The Jains are divided into two great parties—the Digambaras,..and the Svetambaras. 1909U. D. Barodia Hist. & Lit. Jainism i. iv. 61 The main differences between the Swetambers and Digambers are that the monks of the latter go about naked and that their images have no eyes of crystals and are not decorated by ornaments etc. 1916J. Jaini Outl. Jainism p. xxxix, The division of the Jain community into the two sects of Śvetāmbaras..and Digambaras..took place..609 years after Mahāvira, i.e. about 80 A.D. 1934(title) A short history of the Jain Swetambar Terapanthi Sect. 1963R. Williams Jaina Yoga 75 His explanation is followed by successive Śvetāmbara authorities. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 8/2 The Jains are today divided into two groups—Svetambaras and Digambaras. |