HISTORY
JAINISM
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Svetambara and Digambara
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Kapalika and Kalamukha
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Mahayana and Hinayana
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Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jains are divided into two major sects; the Digambara (meaning sky clad) sect and the Svetambara (meaning white clad) sect. Each of these sects is also divided into subgroups. The two sects agree on the basics of Jainism, but disagree on: details of the life of Mahavira .
Detailed explanation-2: -Jain order has been divided into two major sects: Digambara and Svetambara. The division occurred mainly due to famine in Magadha which compelled a group led by Bhadrabahu to move South India .
Detailed explanation-3: -Śvētāmbara means “white-clad", and refers to its ascetics’ practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the Digambara “sky-clad” Jains, whose ascetic practitioners go nude. Śvētāmbaras, unlike Digambaras, do not believe that ascetics must practice nudity.