Śvetāmbara (English spelling) Svetambara

Japanese: Śvetāmbara(英語表記)Svetambara
Śvetāmbara (English spelling) Svetambara

...It was passed down to the surviving members of the "group of leaders," such as Sudharman (the first head of the group), and during the Mauryan period, the group expanded further under the patronage of King Chandragupta and Prime Minister Kautilya. In examining the history of the Jain group after that, the split into the White Robe Sect (Śvetāmbara) and the Naked Sect (Digambara), and the relationship between the two sects, are important. The seeds of the split between the two sects can be seen as early as the 3rd century BCE, but the clear split occurred in the 1st century CE.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Śvetāmbara" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈教団の統率者〉)のなかで生き残ったスダルマンSudharman(初代教団長)などにより順次受け継がれ,マウリヤ朝時代にはチャンドラグプタ王や宰相カウティリヤなどの庇護を得て教団はいっそうの拡大をみた。それ以降のジャイナ教教団史をみる上では,白衣(びやくえ)派(シュベーターンバラŚvetāmbara)と裸行派(ディガンバラDigambara)の分裂,および両派の関係が重要である。 両派の分裂の萌芽はすでに前3世紀ころに認められるが,明らかな分裂は後1世紀ころに起こった。…

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