Svetambara
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Svetambara

(‘white-clad’) sect of Jain monks (see Jainism) who wear white loincloths, as opposed to the Digambaras sect, which believes that total nudity is correct for the Jain monk.

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Svetambara (redirected from Shwetambar)

Svetambara

Svetambara
(redirected from Shwetambar)