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Other than rejecting or accepting different ancient Jain texts, Digambaras and Śvetāmbara differ in other significant ways such as: Śvetāmbaras trace their practices and dress code to the teachings of Parshvanatha, the 23rd tirthankara, which they believe taught only Four restraints (a claim, scholars say are confirmed by the ancient Buddhist texts that discuss Jain monastic life).
Scriptural authority: Jaini questions the Digambara reliance on a highly limited set of scriptures that do not fully represent Jain principles and teachings as followed by the Svetambara sect. Jaini questions the Digambara rejection of the Śvētāmbara canonical scriptures. He argues that this rejection leads to a lack of unity and a ...
The Śvetāmbara (/ ʃ w ɛ ˈ t ʌ m b ə r ə /; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. Śvetāmbara in Sanskrit means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics ' practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the Digambara or "sky ...
The texts were largely lost over time. The Svetambara tradition has a collection of Agamas and texts, which it believes are ancient. [142] However, the Digambara sect of Jainism rejects the authority of the Jain Aagams and they are considered authoritative only in the Svetambara tradition.
Digambara. Founder of many Jain Institutions. Ilango Adigal [2] Jinasena, Digambara, preceptor of the Rashtrakuta rulers, 800–880 CE. Jinendra Varni; Gyansagar; Kumudendu; Manatunga composer of Bhaktamara Stotra; Shantisagar, Digambara, 1872–1955; Somadeva Suri; Acharya Deshbhushan- Jain Acharya of the 20th century; Acharya Vidyananda ...
The monk Ātmārām (1837 – 1896), who was originally a Śvetāmbara Sthānakavāsī monk and later became the mendicant leader Ācārya Vijayānandasūri, discovered upon reading early Jain texts in Prakrit and their Sanskrit commentaries that there was an abundance of references to image worship. [10]
Women must gain karmic merit, to be reborn as man, and only then can they achieve spiritual liberation in the Digambara sect of Jainism. [2] [3] This view is different from the Svetambara sect that believes that women too can achieve liberation from Saṃsāra by being mendicants and through ascetic practices. [3] [4]
These include within its scope the Svetambara's equivalent to the sravakacara – also called upasaka dhyayana – of the Digambara tradition of Jainism. [2] The text is far more extensive, and incorporates various forms of Jain yoga in an eightfold scheme similar to Patanjali, as well as Jain ethics and philosophy.