Jain darshan me Sthanakvasi (Svetambar) ke baare me sankshipt jankari:

• Arth (concept): Sthanakvasi Jain sampradaya ek aadhunik, murti-pujan se door rehte hue Svetambar paramparā ka hissa hai. Inka mool lakshya image-abhivadan (murti-pooja) aur mandiron ki ritualism ko chhod kar, sthanak (prayer hall) me svadhyaya, tapasya, similar vows aur sevā par zor dena hai. Ye log 32 Agamaon ko maante hain, lekin murti-pooja ko avashyak nahi samajhte. Inka vichaar dhyan aur shuddhi par kendrit hota hai. (Sthanakvasi ki pehchan, murti-pooja na karna, sthanakas me "bhakti" aur svadhyaya.)

• Udbhav/Itihas (short history): Lonka-gaccha ke nirmaan se juda hua ek reformist dhara ke roop me Sthanakvasi ubhre. 15th–17th shatabdi me Gujarat ke Gujarat/Surat ke logon ne murti-pooja ke virodh me is dhara ko aage badhaaya. Is prakar sthanak me ikattha hokar aadharit prathna-vidhi chalne lagi; isi se Sthanakvasi shabd bana. Baad me is virodh se Terapanth sampradaya (18th century) bhi nikla. (Naam ya aadhaar: Lonka Shah/Surat ke Lavji Rishi ki kahaniyon ke sahare is dhara ki jankari milti hai.) ( britannica.com, jainworld.jainworld.com, jainworld.org)

• Digambar/Shwetambar se antar (minor shodh): Sthanakvasi Svetambara sampradaya ki ek non-idolatry (murti-virodhi) up-sampradaya hai. Murtipujak Svetambara (murti-pooja wale) aur Digambara ke mukhya dharohar ke vipreet, inka kendrit vishwas hai ki murti-vivah avashyak nahi; parantu kai shastron me murti pooja aur temples ki ahem prathayein hote hue, Sthanakvasi ne unhe apna nahi. Digambar-aur Svetambar ke anya maton se is tatva me thoda farq hota hai, par Sthanakvasi apne aage bhinnataon ke bavjood Svetambara ke 32 Agama maante hain. (Terapanth ka bhi udgam isi non-idolatry lineage se mana jata hai.) ( jainworld.org, britannica.com)

• Aage ki baat: Sthanakvasi se aage Terapanth jaise sangh nikle, jo sadeechit sadhu-varta aur ek kendrit asetic shiksha par zor dete hain. Terapanth ne Sthanakvasi ke non-idolatry dharma ko aage badhaya, par murti-pooja ki samarthan jaisi baaton par apna alag drishtikon rakha. ( britannica.com)

Aap aur padh sakte hain:

• History of Sthanakvasi (Svetambar Sthanakvasi/Sadhumargi samgh) par vistar se Jaina varta: You can read more here

(Yaad rahe: yeh roop-tantra aapko Jain dharma ki asli siddhiyon ke roop me samjhata hai—murti-pooja ke virodh ke bawajood, devotional aur scriptural atma-gyan par bal diya jata hai.)