English Explanatory Dictionary

Svetambara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the two main branches of Jainism (the other being the Digambara), in which the ascetics wear white clothes and are not obliged to practise nudity.

Word forms

Svetambara Shwethambara Svetambar Shvetambara Swetambar

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्वेताम्बर (śvetāmbara), from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”) and अम्बर (ambara, “cloth”)

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