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Svetambars

3 articles in the archive discuss Svetambars, from The Jaina Gazette, Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology (1927–1978). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

3 articles

Articles discussing Svetambars

  1. Jainism

    Charlotte Krause · The Jaina Gazette, 1929

    “The two great branches of Jainism are the Svetambars and the Digambars. The Digambar Jains maintain that, as the Tirthankaras, on their highest stage, never wore clothes, in the same way the monk should be naked, too, in order to symbolize his freedom from bodily care.”
  2. Book Review: A Comprehensive History of Jainism (up to 1000 A.D.)

    Jyoti Prasad Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1978

  3. Image Worship And Pilgrimage

    Jagmander Lal Jaini · The Jaina Gazette, 1927