Svetambara

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proper noun

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.

OriginSanskrit श्वेताम्बर →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Shwethambara · alternative Svetambar · alternative Shvetambara · alternative Swetambar

  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.

Origin

  1. Sanskritश्वेत“white”
  2. Sanskritश्वेताम्बर
  3. EnglishSvetambara

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

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Svetambara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Svetambara

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Chicago

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