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Svetambara

Sve·tam·ba·ra [ swe túmbərə ] (plural Sve·tam·ba·ras)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of branch of Jainism: a member of one of the two main divisions of Jainism, whose members are ascetics and dress in white. The division dates from a schism that took place around ad 80.
See also  Digambara


[Early 19th century. < Sanskrit śvetāmbara "dressed in white"]
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