श्वेताम्बर

shvetambar jain dharm ki do pramukh shakhaoan mean se ek hai. doosari shakha ko 'digambar' kaha jata hai. digambar jain acharan palan mean kathor hote haian, jabaki shvetambar jain udar hote haian. aisa vishvas kiya jata hai ki 'agam' granthoan ki rachana sambhavatah shvetambar sampraday ke acharyo dvara mahavir svami ki mrityu ke bad ki gayi thi. shvetambar shakha mean devataoan tatha sadhuoan ke shvet vastr pahanane ki pratha hai.

• digambar manyata ke anusar ujjain mean chandragupt maury ke rajyakal mean achary bhadrabahu ki dushkal (akal) sanbandhi bhavishyavani sunakar unake shishy vishakhachary apane sangh ko lekar punnat chale ge, kuchh sadhu siandhu mean vihar kar aye. jab sadhu ujjayini lautakar ae to vahaan dushkal p da hua tha. is samay sangh ke achary ne nagnatv dhaankane ke lie sadhuoan ko ardhaphalak dharan karane ka adesh diya; age chalakar kuchh sadhuoan ne ardhaphalak ka tyag nahian kiya aur yahi 'shvetambar' kahalae.
• mathura ke jain shilalekhoan se bhi yahi pramanit hota hai ki donoan sanpraday eesavi san ki pratham shatabdi ke asapas ek doosare se prithakh hue. gujarat aur kathiyava d mean adhikatar shvetambar tatha dakshin bharat aur uttar pradesh mean adhikatar digambar pae jate haian.
• digambar acharan palan karane mean kathor hote haian, jabaki shvetambar udar.
• digambar sampraday yah manata hai ki stri sharir se 'kaivaly jnan' sanbhav nahian hai aur 'kaivaly jnan' prapt hone par siddh ko bhojan ki avashyakata nahian rahati. kintu shvetambar sampraday aisa nahian manata.
• shvetambar gyarah aangoan ko mukhy dharm manate haian aur digambar apane 24 puranoan ko.
• mahattvapoorn tathy yah bhi hai ki shvetambar log tirthankaroan ki moortiyoan ko 'kachchhu' ya 'langot' pahanate haian, jabaki digambar log nangi moortiyaan hi rakhate haian.
• uparokt sabhi batoan ke atirikt donoan sampradayoan mean tattv ya siddhaantoan mean koee bhed nahian paya jata hai.
• shvetambaroan ke ke 45 'agam' granthoan ko digambar svikar nahian karate. unaka kathan hai ki 'jin' bhagavan dvara bhashit agam kal-dosh se nasht ho ge haian.
• digmbaroan ke anusar 'vishnu', 'nandi', 'aparajit', 'govardhan' aur 'bhadrabahu' namak paanch 'shrutakevali' hue the, jabaki shvetambar paranpara mean 'prabhav', 'shayyanbhav', 'yashobhadr', 'sanbhootavijay' aur 'bhadravahu' shrutakevali mane ge haian.
• shvetambar sampraday ke anusar mahavir ke nirvan ke 609 varsh bad (eesavi san 83) rathavipur mean shivabhooti dvara 'botik mat' (digambar) ki sthapana huee thi.

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