Svetambara
/sweˈtɑːmbərə/noun
- a member of one of the two principal sects of Jainism, which was formed as a result of doctrinal schism c. 80 AD and survives today in parts of India. The sect's adherents practise asceticism and wear white clothing.白衣派教徒(白衣派是印度耆那教两大教派之一, 约公元80年教义分裂后所形成, 现印度的某些地方仍有人信奉此教派, 该教派信徒禁欲, 穿白衣服)。参见 DIGAMBARA.
词源
from Sanskrit śvetāmbara, literally 'white-clad'.