The Sanskrit term Śvetabhikṣu can be transliterated into English as Svetabhiksu or Shvetabhikshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Śvetabhikṣu (श्वेतभिक्षु) refers to a “monk of the Śvetāmbara sect of the Jainas”, as mentioned in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 240, l. 4]—‘Śvetabhikṣu’ means a monk of the Śvetāmbara sect of the Jainas as opposed to the Digambara one. The Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent ‘bhikkhu’ cf. ‘bhikṣu’ is met with m the last (10th) ajjhayana of Dasaveyāliya and also m the 15th ajjhayana of Uttarajjhayaṇa. Both of these ajjhayanas have the same title viz. ‘Sabhikkhu’, the same refrain for every verse, the same metre viz. a combination of Triṣṭubh and Vaitāliya feet and the same topic viz, the qualities of an ideal monk.

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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Śvetabhikṣu (श्वेतभिक्षु) is another name for a Jain mendicant.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvetabhikṣu (श्वेतभिक्षु).—a kind of white-robed mendicant; श्वेत- भिक्षुस्तपस्विनाम् (śveta- bhikṣustapasvinām) (dhūrtaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.76.

Derivable forms: śvetabhikṣuḥ (श्वेतभिक्षुः).

Śvetabhikṣu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and bhikṣu (भिक्षु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetabhikṣu (श्वेतभिक्षु).—a sort of mendicant, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 73.

Śvetabhikṣu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and bhikṣu (भिक्षु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetabhikṣu (श्वेतभिक्षु):—[=śveta-bhikṣu] [from śveta > śvit] m. a kind of mendicant, [Pañcatantra]

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Shvetabhikshu in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shveta, Bhikshu.

Full-text: Pandarabhikshu.

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