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________________ digambara jaina paravAra samAja, jabalapura : saMskAradhAnI ke liye avadAna siMghaI nemicandra jaina jabalapura rASTrasaMta vinovA bhAve ne jabalapura ko 'saMskAradhAnI' kahA thA / isake dhArmika, laukika- sAMskRtika evaM rAjanItika pariveza kI pragati meM sthAnIya digambara jaina paravAra samAja kA apanA viziSTa evaM aitihAsika yogadAna hai / yaha samAja prArambha se hI jabalapura ke sukha-duHkha kA sAthI rahA hai / isakI pratyeka yAtrA meM isa samAja ke vyakti sadaiva sakriya rahe haiM / bhAratIya svAtantrya yuga meM isa samAja ne sadaiva kandhe se kandhA milAkara agraNI kArya kiyA / isa samAja dvArA jabalapura nagara ke utthAna meM apane viziSTa zrama, dhana aura lagana se dhArmika mandiroM ke atirikta aspatAla, dharmazAlA, vidyAlaya evaM pAThazAlAyeM, kUpa- bAvar3I aura aneka sArvajanika koTi kI suvidhAyeM upalabdha karAI haiM aura apanI dhArmika sAmAjikatA ko pratiSThita rUpa se akSuNNa rakhA hai| ina gauravapUrNa sevAoM kA kucha vivaraNa yahA~ diyA jA rahA hai : (a) vividha jaina mandira : vaise to jabalapura meM jaina mandira aneka haiM, para hanumAnatAla, javAharagaMja, rAiTa TAuna evaM mar3hiyA jI ke mandira vizeSa ullekhanIya haiM / 1886 meM nirmita hanumAnatAla ke dumaMjile kilenunA mandira meM 22 vediyA~ haiM jisameM eka vedI meM kA~ca kI AkarSaka paccIkArI hai / yaha kA~ca mandira siMghaI bholAnAtha jI ne banavAyA thaa| isa mandira ke adhIna eka dharmazAlA, kuMA, vyAyAmazAlA bhI hai / isI mandira kA eka para hai jisase nagara - prasiddha mahAvIra pustakAlaya, jaina klaba aura kucha dUkAneM bhI haiM / ye mandira ko hai / isa mandira meM prAtaH sAyaM zAstrasabhA evaM rAtrikAlIna pAThazAlA kI bhI vyavasthA hai / vizAla bhavana phuhAre svAvalambI banAtI bar3e phohAre evaM tripurogeTa ke madhya sthita do maMjilA javAharagaMja jaina mandira apanI suSamA ke liye vikhyAta hai / isameM 10 vediyA~ haiM / yahA~ bhI zAstra sabhA evaM rAtri pAThazAlA calatI hai / eka sau pacAsa varSa purAne isa mandira meM pratidina pAMca sau puruSa-mahilAyeM pUjana karate haiM tathA prAtaH 5 baje se rAtri 11 baje taka koI 3000 bhakta darzana karane Ate haiM / isa mandira ke sAtha aba eka cAra maMjilI Adhunika dharmazAlA bhI bana gaI hai / mandira kI ora se eka vyAyAmazAlA kI vyavasthA bhI ko jA cukI hai / 1 rAiTaTAuna, gola bAjAra kA AdinAtha jaina mandira apanI kendrIya sthiti ke lie prasiddha hai / sa0 siM0 bAlacanda nArAyaNadAsa jI ne isa mandira ke sAtha eka hAIskUla, jaina mahAvidyAlaya evaM jaina chAtrAvAsa banAyA hai / kucha samaya pUrva yahA~ eka sabhAkakSa -satyArtha bhavana bhI banAyA gayA hai / inhIM siMghaI jI ne javAharagaMja jaina mandira meM eka saMgamaramarI sundara vedI kA nirmANa karAyA hai| inake hI dvArA nirmArpita dharmazAlA ke eka khaNDa meM pichale sATha varSoM se zrImatI kAzIbAI jaina auSadhAlaya kA saJcAlana bhI ho rahA hai / isameM pratidina prAyaH do sau rogI Ate haiM / paravAra samAja kI eka nirdhana vRddhA ke dvArA hI Aja se lagabhaga 1085 varSa pUrva gar3hA ke pAsa kI pahAr3I para vartamAna meM yaha samasta jaina samAja kA saMgama - pravezadvAra ke bAyeM tarapha sa0 [saM0 benI vahIM phira chikaur3I lAlajI, bhAgacandrajI mandira kA nirmANa karAyA gayA thaa| ise pisanahArI kI mar3hiyA kahate haiM / sthala, tIrthasthala, munisthala evaM vidyA -sthala bana gayI hai / isa mar3hiyA ke pIche prasAda jI dharmacandra jI ne 1958 meM mahAvIra svAmI kA mandira banavAyA thaa|
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________________ 5] digambara jaina paravAra samAja, jabalapura saMskAradhAnI ke liye avadAna 381 va khAdIvAle khUbacandrajI ke sahayoga se caubIsa tIrthaMkaroM kI laghu mandariyA~ banavAI giiN| pahAr3a ke nIce cau0 ganapata lAla surakhIcanda dvArA eka vizAla kakSa vAlA mandira banavAyA gayA aura phira usI ke sAmane zrImatI lakSmIbAI jaina ne saMgamaramarI mAna-stambha kI racanA karAI / zrI dhanapatalAla mUlacandra pratiSThAna ne mar3hiyA jI ke dakSiNa - praveza dvAra ke pahAr3a para AdinAtha mandira banavAyA / isakI paJcakalyANaka pratiSThA 1958 meM huI thI / inhoMne eka dharmazAlA bhI banavAI aura Aja nandIzvara dvIpa ke nirmANa meM bhI eka lAkha rupaye dAna dekara apanI dhArmika paramparA jAgRta rakhI hai / uparokta cAra mandiroM ke atirikta (i) milaunIgaMja kA sva0 vaMzIdharajI Dyor3hiyA dvArA nirmita jaina mandira, (ii) hanumAnatAla kA nanheM mandira, (iii) hajArIlAla rUpacandra jyodiyA dvArA nirmita mandira, (iv) bhaiyAlAla nemacandra caudharI dvArA nirmita mandira, (v) kSamAghara paramAnanda evaM garIbadAsa gulajhArIlAla dvArA nirmita purAnI bajAjI kA mandira tathA (vi) di0 jaina mandira bher3AghATa ke mandira bhI isa samAja ne nirmita evaM jIrNoddhArita kie haiM / mandiroM ke vivaraNa se spaSTa hai ki jaina mandira kevala pUjA yA dhArmika sthalamAtra nahIM hote, ve zikSA, saMskRti evaM sAmAjikatA ke jIvanta saMcAraka hote haiM / (ba) zikSA saMsthAna : jaina mandiroM meM mukhyataH dhArmika zikSA kI vyavasthA rahatI hai, para hamAre samAja ne Adhunika yuga ke anurUpa zikSaNa kI vyavasthA kI upekSA nahIM ko / sa0 si0 bholAnAtha rAmacandra jI ne saMskAradhAnI ko tIna aise bhavana upalabdha karAye jinase jabalapura kA zikSA jagat upakRta huA hai| inameM eka (i) kastUracandra jaina hitakAriNI sabhA hAIskUla, (ii) dUsarA bholAnAtha ratanacanda laoN kAleja aura tIsarA (iii) si0 sonAbAI chAtrAvAsa ke rUpa meM upayoga meM A rahA hai / Aja hitakAriNI sabhA 15 vidyAlaya calA rahI hai jisameM lagabhaga dasa hajAra chAtra zikSA le rahe haiM / isa hetu siMghaI dhanapatalAla mUlacandra ne putrIzAlA ko de diyA thaa| ise eka hamArA samAja bAlikAoM kI zikSA ke prati bhI saceSTa rahA hai / javAharagaMja meM eka tIna maMjilA vizAla bhavana banavAkara prAyaH cAlIsa varSa pUrva TrasTa Aja bhI calA rahA hai / isameM prAya0 500 chAtrAyeM adhyayanarata haiM / golabAjAra ke jaina mandira se sambandhita hAIskUla evaM DI0 ena0 jaina mahAvidyAlaya kI carcA Upara kI jA cukI hai / bAlakoM ko saMskRta evaM suzikSita banAne ke liye hamArA samAja mar3hiyAjI ke hI eka bahuta bar3e maidAna meM gaNeza prasAda varNI gurukula kA saJcAlana karatA hai / Ajakala vahA~ 27 chAtra adhyayana karate haiN| isI kSetra meM varNI bratI Azrama bhI hai / yahIM A0 vidyAsAgarajI kI anukampA se brAhmovidyA Azrama kI sthApanA kI gayI hai jahA~ prAyaH chayAlIsa brahmacAriNiyA~ evaM aneka brahmacArI adhyayana kara rahe haiM / isI kSetra meM A0 vidyAsAgara zodha saMsthAna bhI sthApita hai jisake nidezaka jaina gaNita ke prasiddha vidvAn ela0 sI0 jaina haiM / (sa) cikitsIya suvidhAyeM : sa0 [saM0 garIbadAsa gulajArIlAla ke suputra rAyabahAdura munnAlAla rAmacandra ne abalapura sTezana ke pAsa eka bahuta bar3A baMgalA aura plATa, mahilAoM ke aspatAla ke liye, sarakAra ko kharIdakara diyA thA / yahIM para Aja ema0 Ara0 elgina aspatAla banA huA hai / yaha nagara kA pramukha mahilA cikitsAlaya hai / ba0 cau0 gulAbacandra kapUracandra ne nagara kotavAlI ke samakSa eka aspatAla tayAra karAkara zAsana ko dAna diyA thaa| unhoMne nagara ke vikToriyA aspatAla ke do vArDoM ke bIca eka loha -setu bhI banavAyA / inhoMne hI hitakAriNI sabhA ke maidAna meM vijJAna bhavana banAkara sabhA ko samarpita kiyA / zrI dhanapatalAla mUlacandra ne pisanahArI kI mar3hiyA ke nIce sar3aka ke kinAre eka dharmazAlA banavAI | anya dAnavIroM ne bhI aspatAla dharmazAlAyeM banavAI haiM / inameM meDikala kAleja ke aspatAla meM cikitsA karAne vAle loga evaM unake parivArajana surakSApUrvaka rahakara rogiyoM kI cikitsA karAte haiM / 48
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________________ 382 paM0 jaganmohanalAla zAstrI sAdhuvAda grantha [ khaNDa (da) sAhityika evaM rAjanItika yogadAna : isa samAja ke aneka sAhityakAroM tathA rAjanItijJoM ne nagara ko gauravAnvita kiyA hai| sva0 rUpavatI kiraNa, sva0 sundaradevI isI samAja kI sAhityika vibhUtiyA~ rahI haiN| vartamAna meM sureza sarala, nirmala AjAda, zrImatI vimalA caudharI, hukumacandra anila Adi isa nagara ko sthAna-sthAna para pratiSThita kara rahe haiN| kaviyoM ke sAtha, vidvAnoM ko bhI yahA~ kamI nahIM hai| bAbU phUlacandrajI, paM0 rAmacandrajI, paM0 jJAnacandra zAstrI, paM0 rAjendrakumAra jI, paM0 viradhIcandrajI Adi kI jJAnagagA se zrAvaka pratidina AplAvita hote haiM / zaikSika kSetra meM zrI suzIlakumAra divAkara, ela0 sI0 jaina, gulAbacandra darzanAcArya, ke0 sI0 jaina Adi ke nAma vizruta haiM / patrakAritA ke kSetra meM bar3akura evaM nArada-bandhuoM ke nAma ullekhya haiM / rAjanItika kSetra meM zrI nirmalacandrajI eDovakeTa bhU0 pU0 sAMsada, mulAyamacandrajI, haMsamukhajI va azoka bar3akura ke nAma to sukhyAta hI haiM / ina sabhI vyaktiyoM ne apane apane kSetroM meM mahanIya yogadAna dekara hamAre samAja evaM nagara kA gaurava bar3hAyA hai| hameM apane samAja para vizvAsa hai ki bhata evaM vartamAna ke samAna vaha bhaviSya meM bhI saMskAradhAnI ko uccataH saMskRta karane meM apanA yogadAna karatA rhegaa| hamArA zarIra sAdhanasampanna prayogazAlA hai| prayoga ke sAdhana aura upakaraNa bhI hamAre pAsa hai / caitanya ke sAre prayoga hamArI khoja ke sUkSmatama udAharaNa haiN| Aja prayogazAlAoM meM jitane bhI sUkSma taraMga, sUkSma UrjA yA ucca AkRtivAle upakaraNa hai, usase bhI sakSmatama upakaraNa hamAre zarIra meM prApta haiN| ve svataH saJcAlita haiN| unako kAma meM na lene ke kAraNa ve niSkriya ho gaye haiN| hama unakI jaMga haTAne kA, vibhinna dhyAna vidhAoM ke abhyAsa se, prayAsa kara raheM haiN| -kisane kahA, mana caMcala hai /