With reference to the religious practices in India, the “Sthanakvasi” sect belongs to
With reference to the religious practices in India, the “Sthanakvasi” sect belongs to
Answer:
(b)
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Sthānakavāsī is a sect of Śvētāmbara Jainism founded by a merchant named Lavaji in 1653 AD. It believes that idol worship is not essential in the path of soul purification and attainment of Nirvana/Moksha. The sect is essentially a reformation of the one founded on teachings of Lonka, a fifteenth-century Jain reformer. Sthānakavāsins accept thirty-two of the Jain Agamas, the Śvētāmbara canon. Śvētāmbarins who are not Sthānakavāsins are mostly part the Murtipujaka sect Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sth%C4%81nakav%C4%81s%C4%AB