The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromश्वेत“white”
- Sanskrit · derived fromश्वेताम्बर
- English todaySvetambara
From Sanskrit श्वेताम्बर (śvetāmbara), from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”) and अम्बर (ambara, “cloth”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Svetambara
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Sanskrit श्वेताम्बर