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What did the Shwetambaras believe in?

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Fasting
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Self Mutilation
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Hard Penance
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Covering themselves in a white cloth
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Solution

The correct options are
A Fasting
D Covering themselves in a white cloth
The Shwetambaras, also known as the white-clads, were a Jain sect led by Sthulabhadra. They would conduct fasting but did not believe in self-mutilation for salvation.

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