Executive Briefing: Digambar aur Svetambar
Qareeb 3ri sadi Qabl-e-Maseeh (BCE) mein, Jain community do hisson mein taqseem ho gayi: Digambara (“asman ka libas” / barahana sadhu jo bilkul milkiyat na rakhne par amal karte hain) aur Svetambara (“safed libas wale” sadhu jo sada safed suti kapde pehntay hain).
1. Mallinatha: Aurton ki Rohani Roshni (Enlightenment) par Ikhtilaf
Svetambaron ka manna hai ke 19wein Tirthankara Mallinatha ek aurat thin jinhon ne mukammal nijat hasil ki thi, jabke Digambaron ka qaul hai ke libas ki shart ki wajah se aurton ko akhrani Moksha hasil karne ke liye mard ke taur par dobara paida hona parta hai.
2. Hawalay (References)
- Jaini, P. S. (1991). Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women. University of California Press.