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Svetambara Jainas

3 articles in the archive discuss Svetambara Jainas, from Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, Jain Avenue (1969–2022). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

3 articles

Articles discussing Svetambara Jainas

  1. Ourselves

    Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969

    “This tradition of the Svetambara Jainas about his going to Nepal is, however, not accepted by the Digambara Jainas according to whom during the reign of Candragupta Maurya, Bhadrabahu, in anticipation of a twelve-year famine, led an exodus of Jaina monks to the South where he died.”
  2. Book Review: Translations of Canonical Texts from Prakrit into English

    Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982

    “Dafavaikalika Sitra or Dasaveydliya is one of the four Mala Siitras of the Svetambara Jainas. It was written by Arya Sayyambhava, fifth head of the order from Mahavira, around 429 B.C. to help in the spiritual progress of his son wks was destined to die within six months after initiation.”
  3. Jain Meditation History: From Activity Renunciation to Pure Meditation

    Johannes Bronkhorst · Jain Avenue, 2022