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________________ zrImAna sara zrI kSatriya kulAvataMsa sapta sahastra senApati pratinidhi zrI tukojIrAva mahArAja pavAra ke. sI. esa. Aya. zrI devAsa nareza.
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________________ dAnavIra zreSTha zrI motIlAlajI mathurAlAlajI rAyaThora sarrApha iMdaura. 14 caudharI kulabhUSaNa ThAkura zrI. gaNapatasiMhajI padama sahajI vIsA poravADa. devAsa.
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________________ pitAtraya / . jinake kRpAchatra kI zAMtipUrNa sAyA meM vAsa karatA hUM una dAnavIra prajA-kArya-dakSa, vidyApremI, dayAlu tathA udAra carita zrImAna sara zrI kSatriya kulAvataMsa sapta sahastra senApati pratinidhi zrI tukojIrAva mahArAja pavAra ke. sI. esa. Aya. zrI devAsa nareza ke pavitra caraNAraviMdoM meM tathA: jina suvijJa, samAja tathA rAjasevArata premavatsala vyaktine mujhe isa saMsAra meM janma diyA aura jinake vyaktitva ke kAraNa Aja maiM janatA meM jAnA jAtA hUM una caudharI kulabhUSaNa, bIsA poravAr3a jJAyIya pa0 ThAkura zrI gaNapatasiMhajI padamasiMhajI ke parama vaMdanIya caraNa-kamaloM meM ora jinakI bhAgyavanI kanyA ratna' kA pANigrahaNa karane se merA saMsAra-mArga sukhakara AnaMdamaya tathA samAja sevA-yukta huA una rAyaThaura kulotpanna, bIsA poravADa jJAtIya iMdora nivAsi dAnavIra zrI motIlAlajI mathurAlAlajI sarrApha ke caraNa-paMkajoM meM___ yaha merI alpakRti premapUrNa Adarayukta ati vinIta bhAva se maiM arpaNa karatA huuN| tA. vinIta, ThAkura lakSmaNasiMha caudhrii|
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________________ isa pustaka ke lekhana meM jina pustakoM kA upayoga kiyA gayA unakI naamaavlii| aMgrejI. 1 History and Literature of Janism by V. D. Boradia. 2 Indian Antiquaries-all parts. 3 Epigrapbia Indica-all parts. hindI.. 1 jaina lekha saMgraha-bhAga 1, 2, 3 (zrI. pUrNacaMdrajI nAhara kRta) 2 nAgarI pracAriNI patrikA bhAma 2 saM. 1978 ( zrI. ojhAjI se saMpAdita ) 3 jAti bhAskara-(paM. jvAlAprasAdajI mizra kRta ) 4 vimala caritra. 5 vastupAla tejapAla caritra. 6 sirohI kA itihAsa (znI. ojhAjI kRta ) . 7 zrI mahAvIra caritra. 8 zrI buddha caritra. 9 mAravADa rAjya kA itihAsa (gahalota kRta) 10 rAjapUtAne kA itihAsa bhAga 1, 2 (zrI. ojhAjI kRta) 11 upakazavaMza. 12 mahAjana vaMza muktAvali.
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________________ saMskRta tathA mAgadhI. 1 vimala prabaMdha. 2 paTTAbali-[ kappasUri viracita ] 3 zrImAla purANa. 4 saddharma sUtra. 5 gRhA sUtra. 6 mahAbhArata. 7 auSanasmRti. 8 manusmRti. 9 yAjJavalka smRti. 10 ekaliMga mahAtmya. 11 jAtiviveka. 12 prabaMdha ciMtAmaNi. 13 vimala caritra (saubhAgya naMdI sUri kRta ) gujarAtI-marAThI. 1 gujarAtI lekha saMgraha bhAga 1-2-3(AH zrI vidyAvijayajI kRta) 2 zrImAlionA jJAti bheda (zrI maNilAlajI kRta ) 3 sUrizvara ane samrATa. 4 pATaNa cIprabhAta. 5 vastupAla tejapAlano gasa ( paMDita meruvijaya kRta) 6 dhAtu pratimA lekha saMgraha (AcArya zrI buddhisAgara sUri kRta)
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________________ zrI. prastAvika bola. kisI jAti vizeSakA itihAsa likhanA aura dezakA sarva sAdhAraNa itihAsa likhanA isa meM maha - daMtara hai / bhArata meM jJAtiyoM kI jaisI ulajhana hai vaisI prAyaH aura kisI deza meM nahIM hai / isa jJAti vaicitrya ke kAraNa ke saMbaMdha meM loka apanI manamAnI kalpanAyeM, nirAdhAra vAkapAMDitya tathA brAhmaNoM kI dveSarUpa kaI bAteM jana samudAya ke sanmukha rakhA karate haiM; paraMtu yaha pustaka likhane ke pahile taka ina logoM kI jAti viSayaka dalIloMse merA samAdhAna nahIM huA aura maiM poravADa jAti ke itihAsa ke sAtha sAtha isI viSayase saMbaMdha rakhane vAle jJAtiyoM kI utpatti ke khAsa kAraNoM kI bhI khoja karane kA prayatna karane lagA / phalataH kaI graMthoM ke anuzIlana ke pazcAta isa saMbaMdha meM jo merA mata nizcita huA vaha maine isI prathameM grathita karanA ThIka samajhakara jJAtiyoM kI utpati se hI isakA prAraMbha karanA nizcita kiyA / prathama prakaraNa paDhakara pAThaka avazya samajheMge ki inhIM ayogya baMdhano ke kAraNa Aja kaI jJAtiyAM kSaya rogI bana
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________________ calI haiN| hajAroM loka kanyAoM na milanese avivAhita raha jAte haiM / kahIM kanyAoM ko yogya vara nahIM milate aura unheM jAna bUjhakara ayogya puruSoM ko denA paDatA hai / ataeva haraeka jJAti ke samajhadAra loMgo ko cAhiye ki jo baMdhana AtmanAzaka hoM unheM toDa toDa kara ve apanI jJAti ko kSaya se bacAne kA prayatna kareM / paraMtu khAsakara mahAjanoM kI mAnasika tIvratAkA -hAsa ho gayA hai / thoDA calana vicalana karake ve thaMDe ho jAte haiN| sAmane vAlA jo bhI atyaMta trAsa dAtA ho to bhI apane svArtha ke sanmukha ve kisI bAta kI parvAha nahIM karate / unako kitane bhI dabAye jAveM paraMtu usa dabAva ko pheMkakara uchalakara khaDe hone kI unameM himmata nahIM / aniSTa ruDhiyAM dUra karane kI icchA se khaDe hone kI dera hai. ki avazya sAthIdAra mila jAyeMgeM / aise kArya * himmata se huA karate haiN| eka himmatavAna uTha khaDA huA ki usI vicAra ke kamajora loka use A milate haiN| seMkaDoM varSa pahile jJAtiyoM ke jo niyama bane haiM ve usa sayaya kI paristhityAnusAra bane haiM / prastuta samaya aura hai paristhitI aura hai / aise samaya yadi hamane paristhitI ke anusAra jJAti ke niyamoM meM parivartana na kiyA to aba usakA aniSTa pariNAma hue binA rahegA nahIM / jJAtijanoM kI saMkhyA zanaiH zanaiH ghaTa rahI hai| mAlave meM pauravAloM kI saMkhyA 20 varSa pahile jitanI thI usase Aja AdhI raha gaI hai / sensasa riporTa bhI
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________________ hara samaya brAhmaNa tathA vaizyoM kI kabhI hI batA rahA hai / isa kamI ke anya aneka kAraNoM meM se, bAla vivAha, vRddha vivAha, kanyA vikraya, dharma bhinnatA, bhinna prAMtoM kA nivAsa tathA aitihAsika anabhijJatA, ye mukhya mukhya kAraNa haiM / kaI jJAtiyoM meM kanyAoM kI kamI hai to kahIM putroM kI kamI hai| ina saba trAyoM se chuTakArA pAne kI aba AvazyakatA hai / sabase pahilA acchA se acchA aura sulabha upAya kUpamaMDUkatA choDakara jJAtiyoMko phirase vizAla rUpa dene kA hai| prAMtIya bhinnatA na rakhate kama se kama eka nAma dhAraNa karane vAlI jJAti meM, bhArata bhara meM roTI beTI vyavahAra pracalita kiyA jAve | yaha koI bar3A kaThiNa kArya nahIM hai / bhinna bhinna prAMtoM meM rahane vAle eka hI nAma ke jJAti saMgha eka hI jJAti ke haiM, bhinna jJAtiyAM nahIM aisI aitihAsika zodha khola kara pramANa yukta siddha kara diyA jAve to eka jJAtIyatA kA prazna sahaja hala ho sakatA hai / yaha pustaka likhane ke uddezoM meM se yaha eka mukhya uddeza hai / isa kArya ke phalIbhUta hone ke mArga meM eka aura bhI kaThiNa roDA aTakatA hai / vaha hai dharma vibhinnatA / dharma ke ThekedAra bana baiThe hue hamAre loga dUsare dharma ke dveSI banakara apane apane anuyAyiyoM se pratijJA karavAte haiM ki ve apanI saMtAna kA lagna saMbaMdha svajJAtIya paraMtu anya dharmI mAtA pitA kI saMtAna se kadApi na kareMge / ve samajhate hoMge
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________________ Aca ki isase unake dharma kI vRddhi hogii| paraMtu unheM itanA nahIM samajhatA ki isase samAja kI kitanI hAni ho rahI hai| aura jaba aisI kUpamaMDUkatA se samAja hI kucha dina meM naSTa ho jAvegA to unake anuyAyI kauna rheNge| sAdhujanoM ! yadi Apako apane dharma kI vRddhi karanI hai to sAtha sAtha samAja kI vRddhi ke mI upAya karate rahanA caahiye| kyA Apake anuyAyI avivAhita raheMge to athavA nisaMtAnI hoMge to ApakA dharma Tika sakatA hai ? " apaMnijaHparovettI" aisA AcaraNa laghutAkA darzaka hai| dharmavRddhi baMdhanoM se nahIM hotii| usako to vidvattA, nirabhimAnatA, vAkcaturatA, nirapekSatA / ora kaTTara tyAga tathA nisvArtha kI AvazyakatA hai| baDe baDe dharma saMsthApaka tathA uddhArakoM ne yadi aisI kUpamaMDUkatA kI hotI to Aja bhArata meM aise uccakoTI ke dharma dRSTigocara bhI na hote / dusare yaha dhArmika prazna tathA vivAha saMbaMdha kA prazna bahuta sulabhatA se hala ho sakatA hai| prastuta pustaka likhane ke pahile aitihAsika sAmugrI ekatrita karane ko maine bhArata ke kaI prAMto meM paribhramaNa kiyA hai / usa samaya pauravAla, osavAla Adi kaI loMgo se tathA sAdhu munirAjoM se isa saMbaMdha meM vAMtIlApa karane kA mujhe avasara milA thA, aura taba uparokta zaMkAeM mere sanmukha rakhI gaI thii| usa samaya maine una logoM ko yahI upAya sujhAyA thA ki, prAyaH kanyA kA dharma usake mAtA pitA kA jo dharma ho vahI hotA hai / aura
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________________ vivAhita strI kA usake susarAla kA jo dharma ho vahI hotA hai / arthAta kanyA kA lagna hone ke pazcAta vaha apane sasurAla kA dharma pAlana kre| jaba sAdhujanoM kA kartavya apane dharma kI prabhAvanA karanA tathA anya dharmiyoM ko apane dharma ke anuyAyI banAne kA hai to kyA ve ina navavivAhita abalA oM ko apane dharmAnurAginI na banA seMkege ? yadi hamAre sAdhu isa yogya haiM to unheM ukta ayogya baMghana rupa pratijJAeM karavAne kI AvazyakatA kyA ? aisI pratijJAeM karavAne vAle sAdhu to apane Apako asamartha siddha karate haiN| aba rahe bAla vRddha vivAhAdika sAmAjika prazna / ina kI roka ke saMbaMdha meM navayuvaka aura inegine naye vicAra ke vRddha jana aba vicAra karane lage haiM paraMtu inake viruddha abhI kaI lakIra ke phakIra bhI haiN| isa kArya ke liye jJAtikI kaoNnpharansa kucha hitakArI hogI vA nahIM ? yaha eka prazna hai| jahAMtaka kAnpharansa, nija jJAti ke bhinna bhinna logoM kA paricaya baDhAne kA kArya karatI rahe, jJAti meM vidyA pracAra tathA sAmAjika sudhAra karatI rahe, vahAMtaka vaha AdaraNIya tathA upayogI saMsthA kahI jA sakatI hai; paraMtu vaha jaba jJAti meM vRthA abhimAna ke kAraNa aniSTa bheda bhAva dRDha karane kA athavA phUTa phailAne kA kArya kare to vaha aniSTa tathA nirupayogI hotI hai| kaoNnpharansoM ne ukta praznoM kA vicAra karanA cAhiye /
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________________ isa pustaka meM poravADa mahAjanoM kA ekatrita itihAsa diyA gayA hai| Ajakala isa jJAti kA bhinna bhinna pradezoM meM nivAsa hai / ina saba prAMtoM se sAmugrI ekatrita na hosakI, aura samAcAra patroM meM prasiddha karate hue bhI na kisIne bhejI ataeva yadi samAja meM isa pustaka kA yogya Adara huA aura isakA dvitIya saMskaraNa prakAzita karane kA saubhAgya prApta huA to usameM rahI sahI tRTiyoM kI paripUrti avazya karadI jaavegii| poravADa jJAti ke loka adhikatara gujarAta, mAravADa, mAlavA meM haiM / dakSiNa aura pUraba ( hiMdusthAna ) kahAne vAle bhArata ke pradeza meM bahuta kama pramANa meM haiM kiMtu gujarAta meM gujarAtI tathA mAravADa mevADa meM usa 2 prAMta ke DhaMga kI bhASA rIti rivAja rahana sahana ina logoMkI hai; paraMtu dakSiNa tathA mAlavA meM poravADoM kI bhASA rahana sahana AdimeM do bheda dikhAI dete haiN| haiM saba poravADa, paraMtu koI kI bhASA mAravADI mizrita aura koIkI gujarAtI mizrita hai| rahana sahana kapaDe alaMkAra rIti rivAja meM bhI aisAhI bheda hagocara hotA hai| devAsa ke prasiddha caudharI kula ke eka ghara meM prAyaH eka zatAbdi pUrva corI huI thI taba corI ke alaMkAroM kI nAmAvalI meM suvarNa ke 40) tole ke pAyala likhe haiN| yaha siddha karatA hai ki isa kula ke loka prAyaH
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________________ gujarAta se Aye honA cAhiye tathA isa kula meM pAMva meM suvarNa dhAraNa karane kI bhI prathA honA cAhiye / ujjena ke upalabdha kavAle gujarAtI bhASA ke haiM / ukta bAteM hameM batAtI haiM ki zrImAla tyAga ke pazcAt prAgvATa ( poravADa ) loka gujarAta tathA mAravADa mevADa meM jA base aura vahAM se phira anya prAMtoM meM ge| mAlave meM zAjApura grAma ke jaina maMdira meM eka zveta pASANa kI mUrti poravADa paMcoM kI banAI huI vi. saM. 1542 kI milI hai aura devAsa ke zrI pArzvanAtha ke maMdira kI eka zAma zAMtinAtha kI mUrti saM. 1191 kI tathA eka choTI vRSabhanAtha kI vi. saM. 1548 kI hai paraMtu ina para ke kisI ke nAma nahIM paDhe jAte / isI maMdira meM poravADoM ne banAI huI anya cha mUrtiyAM saM. 1683 kI eka hI dina kI banI huI prastuta haiM isase pratIta hotA hai ki, mAlave meM poravADoM kA nivAsa vi. saM. 1542 ke pUrva se hai; paraMtu poravADoM kI mAlave kI upasthiti kA vizvasanIya koI pramANa vi. saM. 1542 ke pUrva kA abhi upalabdha na hone se ina loMgoM kA idhara kA Agamana-kAla nizcita honA bAkI rahA hai / goroMke copaDoMkA bhI isa kArya meM vicAra kiyA gayA hai paraMtu jJAtike itihAsa ke liye ve bahuta upayogI nahIM haiM kyoM ki ina logoM kI yojanA pichale samaya meM huI hai|
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________________ arthAt inhone jJAti ke itihAsa kI bAteM purANoM para se athavA anya rIti se logoM ko priya ho aise rUpameM kalpita banAI haiN| isase koI bhI gora brAhmaNoM ke copaDo meM se koI bhI jJAti kI utI kA saccA aitihAsika vizvasanIya pramANa nahIM milatA / madhya kAla ke itihAsa meM ve kucha madata de sakate haiM vA nahIM yaha dekhane se hama ko bilakula nirAza honA paDatA hai / eka to inoM meM sAla saMvata hote nahIM, arthAta kauna puruSa kaba huA yaha nizcita nahIM hotA / vaise hI vArasAI hakkoM ke kAraNa aura sAMsArika parivartana ke kAraNa inhoM ke copar3oM kI aisI bhI apharAtaphara huI hai ki, pAnalo varSa pUrva kI hakIgata koI bhI gora [ vahI vAcaka ] vizvasanIya rIti se upasthita nahIM kara sakatA / apane yajamAna se dhana kI ghAI karane ko AdhAra rUpa itanIhI do cAra pIDhiyoM kI thoDI bahuta mAhiyata inoM ke pAsa hotI hai, aura bAkI saba gapoDoMkA khela hotA hai / nikaTavartI samaya ke itihAsa meM bhI ye loga kucha kama gola mAla nahIM karate / vArasA ke jhagaDe ke samaya kaI loga ina vahI vAcakoM ko nyAya maMdiroM meM bhI bulavAte haiM / aise samaya ina ke saccAI kA bhaMDA phoDa hue binA rahatA nahIM / copaDoM ke akSara Apa likhe khudA paDhe aise hone se inakA gola mAla auroM ke hAtha nahIM AtA / vaise hI apanA mahatva kama ho jAne ke bhaya se ye loga apane copar3oM kI nakala kisI ko karane dete nahIM / ina saba
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________________ kAraNoM se ina logoM ke copaDe itihAsa ke liye nirupayogI jaise haiN| yajamAnoM se dhana jabarana khIcaneke kAraNa kaI logoMne inhoMke copaDe jala devatA-stRpyatu bhI kara diye / yadi ina logoMko apanA astitva rakhanA hai to inhoM ko cAhiye ki ye samayAnukula sAhitya kI paripUrti kreN| itihAsa ke nAma para gapoDoM se saMtuSTa hone kA aba samaya nahIM hai / pramANabhUta aura vizvasanIya itihAsa kevala zilAlekha, tAmrapatra, aitihAsika kAvya, sanadeM tathA patra vyavahAra aura purAne kAgada patroM se hI mila sakatA haiM aura inhIM sAdhanoM kA isa pustaka ke lekhana meM upayoga kiyA gayA hai / kahIM paTTAvaliyoMkA tathA purAne graMthoM kA bhI AdhAra liyA gayA hai| ina meM se kucha kucha pramANa vizvAsa pAtra na bhI hoM paraMtu anya inase adhika vizvAsa pAtra pramANa upalabdha na hoM vahAM taka inhIM ko pramANa bhUta kyoM na mAne jAveM ? prastuta kArya meM rAyabahAdura mahA mahopAdhyAya gaurIzaMkarajI ojhA sAheba kI kRpAse tathA zrI 1008 zrI muni jJAnasuMdarajI mahArAja kI kRpAse mujhe bahuta aitihAsika sAmatrI upalabdha huI tathA " zrImAlI [ vANIyA ] onA jJAti bheda" isa pustaka kA bhI mujhe bahuta upayoga huA hai ataeva isake lekhaka tathA prakAzaka aura ukta donoM mahAnubhAvoM ko hArdika dhanyavAda detA huuN| isake atirikta isa
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________________ kArya meM mujhe sekaDoM pustaka purANAdi graMtha zAstra paTTAvaliyAM Adi sAdhanoM kA bhI bahuta upayoga huA hai aura unake lekhaka va prakAzakoM kA bhI meM anugrahita huuN| yaha pustaka paDhakara pAThakoM ke manapara isa jJAti saMbaMdhI kucha prakAza paDe aura poravADa jJAti janoMke aMtaHkaraNa kucha vizAla hokara anyonya prAMtoM meM basane vAle poravADa bhinna nahIM kiMtu saba apane jJAti baMdhu hI haiM aisI bhAvanA unameM pradIpa hove aura jJAti ke aniSTa baMdhanoM ko tor3ane kA tathA pracalita kuprathAoM ko choDane kA manobala unheM prApta hove to merA zrama azaMtaH to bhI saphala huA aisA maiM mAnUMgA / .. isa pustaka ke lekhana kArya meM merI sahadharmiNI sau0 zrI kamalAdevIne mujhe bahuta sahAyatA dI hai ataH inheM maiM hArdika dhanyavAda detA huuN| ___ zrI saradAra priMTiMga varkasa, indaurake cAlaka tathA mAlakane bhI isa pustakI chapAI kA kArya bahuA uttamatAse samayapara samApta kiyA isa saMbaMdha meM vebhI dhanyavAda ke pAtra haiN| ___ aMtameM usa sarva sAkSI sarvAMtaryAmi paramezvara ko ativinIta bhAvase praNAma kara yaha dI prastAvanA samApta karatA hUM / iti zubham / devAsa (sIniyara ), ). bhavadIya, tArIkha 22 mArca, sana 1930 i. ThAkura lakSmaNa siMha, caudharI.
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________________ anukramaNikA / n viSaya. 1 jAtioM kI utpatti 2 poravADa jJAti kI utpatti 3 dasA bIsA meda kI utpatti 4 taDa se jJAti kaise banI 5 poravADoM kA zrImAla parityAga 6 poravADoM ke gotra 7 caritrAdi ( vimalazAha ) 8 vastupAla tejapAla 9- pethaDazAha tathA muMjAla 10 dharaNAsA ratnAsA 11 ujjayanI ke bIsA poravADa 12 caudharI - kula devAsa pRSTa. 1 27 49 72 78 81 92 102 123 126 129 132
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________________ poravADa mahAjanoM kA itihAsa / jJAtioM kI utpati / zrImAla purANa se jAnA jAtA hai ki dvApArayuga kA aMta aura kaliyuga ke AraMbha se jJAtiyoM kI sthApanA huI hai / kaliyuga ke pahile anya yugoM meM jJAtiyAM Aja jisa rUpa meM dikhAI detI haiM usa rUpa meM na thI / pahile brAmhaNa, kSatriya, vaizya aura zUdra yahI cAra varNa the| jaise prophesara kA kAma karane vAlA prophesara kahA jAtA hai, khetI kA kAma karane vAlA kisAna kahA jAtA hai, sipAIgirI karane vAlA sipAI kahA jAtA hai vahI bAta pahile ina vargoM kI thI / jo kulagora kI taraha logoM ko dharma-saMskAra karAkara unheM dharmazAstra par3hAte ve AcArya, jo pAThazAlA sthApana kara vidyArthiyoM ko aneka prakAra kI vidyAoM kA adhyayana karAte ve adhyApaka, jo yajJayAga karAte ve yAjaka, jo sAdhu -vRtti se jIvana vyatIta karate ve sAdhu aura jo vividha prakAra ke tAdi kriyA karate ve muni kahAte aura ina saba kA samAveza brAmhaNoM meM hotA / jaise: : AcAryA adhyApakA yAjakAH sAdhavAH munayazca brAmhaNAH / ( saddharma - sUtra )
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________________ isI taraha: kAmayoga priyAtIkSNAH krodhanAH priya sAhasAH / tyakta svadharmA raktAMgAste dvijAH kSatratAM gatAH // 1 // gobhyAM vRttiM samAsthAya pItAH kRSyupa jIvinaH / svadharmAnnutiSThati te dvijAH vaizyatAM gatAH // 2 // hiMsAvRtti kriyAlubdhAH sarve karmopa jIvinaH / kRSNAH zauca paribhraSTAste dvijAH zUdratAM gatAH // 3 // ( mahAbhArata - zAMtiparva ) isa taraha Arya jAti uccanIca bhedavAle vibhAgoM meM vibhAjita huI / ye vibhAga jaDa nahIM hai aura na jaDa honA cAhiye; kiMtu purAnA satyapurAne graMthoM meM purAne tatva jJAniyoM ke mukha meM hI raha gayA jaise: eka varNamidaM pUrNa vizvamAsadyudhiSThira / karma kriyAvizeSeNa cAturvaNyaM pratiSThitaM // 1 // sarve vai yonijA martyAH sarve mUtraM purISiNaH / ekeMdriye driyArthAzca tasmAsvIla gaNo dvijaH // 2 // zUdropizIla samAno guNavAn brAmhaNo bhavet / brAmhaNopikriyAhInaH zUdrAdapyadhamo bhavet // 3 // zUdro brAmhaNatAmeti brAmhaNazceti zUdratAma / kSatriyAjAta mevaMhi vidyAdvaizyAnta thaivaca // 4 // ( mahAbhArata ) arthAt -- he yudhiSThira ! akhila jagata ekahI jJAti kA hai / karma kriyAoM kI vizeSatA se cAra varNoM kI sthApanA huI 1
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________________ hai // 1 // saba yoni se utpanna hue haiN| saba mala mUtra se bhare hue haiN| saba ke iMdriya ekase haiM aura viSaya ( iMdriyoM kA * upabhoga ) bhI saba kA ekasA hai arthAt zIla guNAdi se hI dvija hote haiM // 2 // zUdra bhI zIlavAna ho to uttama brAmhaNa hotA hai; aura brAmhaNa kriyAhIna ho to zUdra se bhI halakA hotA hai // 3 // zUdra brAmhaNa hosakatA hai, aura brAmhaNa zUdra hosakatA hai| isI taraha kSatriya aura vaizya bhI nijaguNa karmAnusAra uccanIca hote haiM // 4 // bhAratavarSa kA itihAsa dekho, mIsa kA itihAsa dekho vA vartamAna yUropa kA itihAsa dekho jahAM tahAM ucca padavIdharoM meM jAti matsara yaha eka svAbhAvika bAta hai| vidyA se, dhana se, rAjasattA se vA anya koI bhI kAraNa se ucyatA pAye huoM meM dhIre dhIre jAti matsara prajvalita ho hI jAtA hai / hama ucca aura jo hamAre jaise nahIM ve halake yaha bhAva Aja kalake ucca zikSita vakIla, DaoNkTara tathA adhikArI varga meM bhI dikhAI detA hai| isI prakAra prAcina kAlina netA aura unake gurusadRzya brAmhaNa bhI isa bhAva kA nivAraNa na kara ske| isa pakAra varNa jar3a hone ke prazcAt pUrva pracalita kanyA vyavahAra para akuMza rakkhA gayA, aura ucca varNa kI kanyA nIca varNa meM na dI jAne ke niyama hue ucca varNIya puruSa nimna
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________________ varNa kI cAhe jisakI kanyA kA grahaNa kare paraMtu nimna varNa kA puruSa ucca varNIya kanyA na lene pAve isa vAste khAsa niyama nirmANa kiye gaye aura aise hone vAle lagnoM ko anuloma lagna kahA gayA / niyama to aise kiye gaye kintu unakA nirvighna pAlana na huaa| pUrva prathA kI chApa logoM ke aMtaHkaraNa para basI rahane se athavA asvAbhAvika niyamoM kA pAlana honA azakya hone se vA usa samaya kA jana samudAya nUtana baMdhana sahana karane jaisA na hone se athavA anya koI kAraNoM se ucca varNIya kanyAoM kA nimna varNa ke puraSoM se zarIra saMbaMdha pacalita rhaa| arthAt aise niyama bAhya hone vAle lagnoM ko uccavarNIya loka ' pratiloma' ( ulaTe, viparIta ) lagna ke nAma se saMbodhana karane lge| aise lagna karane vAloM ko zikSArUpa aisA niyama kiyA gayA ki, lagna karane vAle puruSa ke varNa se kanyA kA varNa jitanA adhika ucca ho utanI hI usa lagna se hone vAlI prajA adhikAdhika nimna zreNI kI ho. udAharaNArthaH-vaizya kanyA ko yadi zUdra se prajotpatti hove to vaha vaidehaka * jAti kI ho| inhoMne bakare bhaisI Adi pazuoM kA pAlana karanA aura unake ghI dUdha becakara nirvAha karanA / yadi zUdra vaizya strI se vyabhicAra kara prajotpatti * vaizyAyAM zUdra saMsargAjAto vaidehakaH smRtH| ajAnaM pAlAnAM kuryAnmahivINAM gavAmapi / (auza nasa smRti zloka. 20)
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________________ kare to vaha prajA (telI) jAti kI ho usane tela tathA namaka becane kA dhandhA karanA / yadi zUdra kSatriya kanyA se prajotpatti kare to vaha " pulakasa " ( kalAla ) jAti kI 9 ho / usane madirA tathA zahada becane kA dhaMdA karanA / yadi zUdra kSatriya strI se vyabhicAra kara prajotpatti kare to vaha prajA " raMjaka " || (raMgareja) jAti kI ho aura yadi zUdra brAhmaNI se prajotpatti kare to vaha prajA ' caDAMla' ( bhaMgI ) + jJAti kI ho / isane sIsA vA lohe ke AbhUSaNa pahananA, gale meM camaDA aura bagala meM jhAlara bAMdhanA do prahara pahile grAma kA mailA sApha karanA aura dopahara ke bAda gAMva meM jAnA nahIM / gAMva ke bAhara naiRtya kona meM isa jAti ke saba logoM ne ekatra rahanA / jo koI isa niyama kA pAlana na kare usakA 1 66 cakrI 19 * * vaizyayA zudratazcAyI jAtazcakrIca uccate [ auauH smR. 22 ] 9 nRpAyAM zUdra saMsargAjjAtaH pulkasa uccate / surA vRttiM samArUhya madhu vikraya karmaNA // [ au. smR. 17 ] || nRpAyAM zUdrata caiauryAjjAto raMjaka ucyate [ au. smR 19 ] brAhmaNyAM zUdra saMsargAjjAtazcAMDAla ucyate [ zloka 8 ] sIsakA bharaNaM tasya kArSNAya samathApivA / vanI kaMThe samAvadhya jhalarIM kakSatopivA // 9 // malApa karSaNaM grAme pUrva he pari zuddhikaM / na he praviSTopi bahigramAzca nairute || 17 // piNDI bhUtA bhavaMtya nocaDa vadhyA vizeSataH // 10 // ( au. smR. )
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________________ vadha krnaa| isa prakAra uccavarNa kI strI ko nimnavarNa ke puruSa kA saMsarga na ho etadartha ukta kaThiNa baMdhana rakkhe ge| - nimna varNa kA puruSa ucca varNIyA kanyA se vivAha kare to vaha nIcI kahI jAve, yaha to ThIka paraMtu ucca varNIya puruSa yadi nimna varNIya kanyA se vivAha kare to kyA vaha ucca varNIya mAtA pitA kI kanyA ke barAbarI kI ho sakatI hai ? isa prakAra ke matsara ke kAraNa aise niyama bane ki, ucca varga kA puruSa svavIyA tathA nimna varNIyA kanyA ke sAtha bhI vivAha kara sakatA hai| paraMtu nimna varNa kI kanyA se utpanna prajA dharma kriyAoM meM, sAMsArika mAna sanmAna meM tathA dAya bhAga meM savarNa kI kanyA se utpanna prajA kI barAbarI na kara skegii| mAtra ucca varNa ke puruSa se saMbaMdha karane kA lAbha yaha hogA ki, aisI yugmotpanna prajA kanyA jisa varNa kI ho usase kiMcita ucca varNa kI samajhI jAve / jaise:-brAhmaNa brAhmaNajJAti kI kanyA se vivAha kare to inase hone vAlI prajA brAhmaNa ho aura jo kSatriya jAti kI kanyA se vivAha kare to inase hone vAlI prajA brAhmaNa nahIM paraMtu "mUrdhAbhizikta" rAjyAbhiSeka karane yogya uccaprakAra kI kSatriya jAti kI ho / brAhmaNa vaizya strI se vivAha kara jo prajotpAdana kare to vaha "aMbaSTha" vaizya se jarA ucca varNIya samajhA jAve; aura vaha manuSya tathA hAthI ghor3e kI vaidyakI kara nirvAha karane vAlI jAti ho| vaise hI brAhmaNa se vivAhita zUdra
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________________ strI se hone vAlI prajA "niSAda" athavA "pArzava" nAma kI jAti ho| yaha zUdra se jarA uccavarNIya ho; aura ye sunAra kA dhandhA karake apanA nirvAha kare / isa prakAra jAti matsara ke kAraNa ekahI puruSa se hone vAlI prajA maisAla ke ucca nIca varNAnusAra se bhinna bhinna jAti kI tathA bhinna bhinna adhikAra kI hone lgii| ___ anuloma lagna se eka brAhmaNa tIna nayI jAtiyoM kI utpatti kare / eka kSatriya do jAtiyoM kI vRddhi kare; aura eka vaizya eka jAti bheda baDhAve / yaha anuloma jAti bheda aura usase viparIta anya pratiloma jAti bheda, itane bheda to kevala cAra varNa ke mizraNa se hue| yadi yaha bheda kI gADI yahIM para aTakatI to bhI ThIka hotA / paraMtu jisa jAti mArga para vaha cala rahI thI usa mArga kA aMta AnA kaThina thaa| caturvarNa sthUlatA pAne ke pazcAt anuloma jAtiyAM banI / aba ina nayI jAtiyoM kI prajA ke mUla cAra varNa kI prajA ke sAtha lagna ho to unase utpanna hone vAlI prajA kA sAmAjika Adi darjA nizcita karane kI AvazyakatA huii| isI prakAra anuloma pratiloma prajA kA ApasI lagna hokara utpana hone vAlI prajA kA sthAna bhI nizcita karanA Avazyaka huA / yaha kArya aura isake nirvAha ke sAdhanoM kI vyavasthA hone ke pazcAta inakI prajA aura mUla varSoM kI anuloma pratiloma jAtiyAM athavA unhoMke mizraNa se utpanna huI varNa.
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________________ saMkara jAtiyAM koI ke sAtha lagna kare to pratilagna se hone vAlI prajA kI jAti phira nayI bane / hasa taraha hanumAnajI kI pU~cha jaise ina jAtiyoM kA vistAra baDhatA hI gayA / koI bhI do bhinna jJAtiyoM meM lagna saMbaMdha huA ki, tIsarI nUtana jJAti paidA huI / isa tIsarI jAti kA anuloma pratiloma darjA nizcita karane kA kAma zAstrakAra brAhmaNoM kA thA / ve zAstroM ke mUla tatvAnusAra naye nibaMdha nizcita karate aura rAjA unako amala meM lAte / aisI usa samaya kI praNAlI thii| deza ke anyonya vibhAgoM ke nivAsI brAhmaNa kSatriya Adi caturvarga ke logoM kA mUla bandhana ekasA thA; paraMtu unameM jaisA jaisA aMtara paDatA gayA bhinna bhinna vibhAgavAsI logoM ke liye pradezIya AvazkatAnusAra tathA taddezIya zAstrakAroM ke abhiprAyAnusAra bhinna bhinna niyama banAye gaye / vyavahArika niyamana karane vAle ina zAstroM ko "smati" kahane lage / smRtiyoM ke pahile bhI vyavahAra niyAmaka graMtha the; aura ve "grAhyasUtra" nAma se jAne jAte the / smRtiyAM likhI jAne bAda bhI brAhmaNa ina grAhyasUtroM hI ko pramANabhUta mAnate Arahe the / bhinna bhinna pradezavAsI brAhmaNoM meM veda ora unakI zAkhA (prakaraNa ) bhinnatA se pracalita the| isI prakAra bhinna zAkhAnusAra vyahAra niyAmaka prAhmasUtra bhI alaga alaga the| arthAt zAkhA bhinnatA ke kAraNa vyavahAra meM bhedA bheda hone lagA / Aja "smRti"
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________________ nAma se pahicAne jAne vAle aThAraha bIsa graMtha upalabdha haiM ve anyonya sthala vAsiyoM ke hitArtha bhinna bhinna kAla meM race gae haiM / isameM manusmRti aura yAjJa valkya smati aise do mukhya grantha haiM / deza ke saba loga inhIM do pranthoM ko mAnate the aura inhIM ke AdhAra para zAsana paddhati sthita thii| jinazAstrakAroM ko kAladhAmAnusAra koI vizeSa niyamoM kI avazyakatA jJAta huI unoMne ukta do granthoM ko pramANabhUta lekara puravaNI rUpa Avazyaka niyama nirmANa kiye / gRhasUtra, manusmRti tathA yAjJavalkya smRtiyoM meM varNasaMkara prajA ke kucha thoDe niyama haiM / ina jAtiyoM kA jisa vibhAga meM jaisA jaisA vistAra hotA gayA vaise vaise usa prAMtavAsi zAstrakAroM ko vizeSa niyama nirmANa karane pdde| yahI kAraNa hai ki koI smRti meM aise niyama thoDe haiM aura koI meM adhika haiM / eka se dUsarI, dUsarI se tIsarI, tIsarI se cauthI aisI utta. rottara baDhane mAlI jJAtiyoM ke nAma unoM ke sAMsArika tathA dhArmika adhikAra aura unoM kA nirvAha sAdhana Adi ke vistRta niyama nirmANa kiye gaye haiM / "auSanasa smRti" varNasaMkara jAti ke niyamoM kA khAsa graMtha hai / isa smRti meM ina jAtiyoM ke saMbaMdha meM jitanA vistAra pUrvaka likhA hai utanA aura kisI smRti meM nahIM likhA hai / isakA kAraNa yahI pratIta hotA hai ki, jisa pradeza meM "auSanasa smRti kA upayoga hotA ho usameM jJAtiyoM kA bAhulya honA caahiye|
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________________ 10 gujarAta meM jitanI jJAtiyAM ( varNa saMkara jJAtiyAM ) haiM utanI anya koI pradeza meM nahIM hai / ataeva auSanasa smRti anumAnataH gujarAta ke liye banI honA saMbhavanIya hai / AvazyakatAnusAra anya vibhAgoM ke vAste raci huI puravaNI smRtiyoM kA AdhAra unase anya vibhAgoM meM bhI liyA jAnA saMbhavanIya hai / jaise ki, Ajakala bhinna bhinna hAyakoToM ke phaisaloM ke AdhAra liye jAte haiM / jaba varNasaMkara jJAtiyoM kI vRddhi asahya ho gaI taba zAstrakartAoM ne isa pIDA kA aMta karanA nizcita kiyA / isake liye viSama jJAtiyoM kA lagna vyahAra baMda karanA yahI eka mAtra upAya socA gayA / prati manuSya ne apanI samAna jAti ke aura pUrNa paricita aise logoM se lagna saMbaMdha karanA / jisakA darjA jarAbhI bhinna ho; vA jo pUrNa paricita na ho usase lagna vyavahAra karanA nahIM aise dRDhaM niyama nirmANa kiye gaye / ina naye niyamAnusAra samAna zreNi ke tathA paricita logoM ke jo samUha nirmANa hue vehI Aja kI jAtiyAM haiM / 1 aitihAsika sAdhanoM ke abhyAsa ke kAraNa jo ukta itihAsa nahIM jAnate haiM aura kevala yUropiyana paMDitoM ke abhiprAya ke pramANa para hI tarkamaya itihAsa nirmANa karate haiM ve aneka asaMbaddha vidhAna kiyA karate haiM / koI to saba ko parakIya mAnate haiM, aura koI sarva doSa kA TokarA brAhmaNoM ke
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________________ 11 "" matthe mAra dete haiM / satyataH hamArA jAti bheda hamAre buDhAMvoM ke unmatta svabhAva janita doSa se svAbhAvika utpanna huA hai / " jJAti " zabda " jJA ' dhAtu se banA hai jisakA artha jAnanA " hai / paricita ( jAne hue ) manuSyoM kA samUha vahI jJAti / pahile eka vaMza ke, eka gotra pravara ke, jinako sUtaka lagatA ho vaise aura jo dAya bhAga ke hakadAra hoM ve eka jAti vA jJAti ke kahalAte / brAhmaNa mAtra kI jJAti; kSatriya mAtra kI kSatriya, vaizya mAtra kI vaizya aura zUdra mAtra kI zUdra jJAti jAnI jAtI thI, parantu varNasaMkaratA kA khIcaDA hojAne se " jJAti" zabda nUtana nirmita naye samUhoM ko lagAyA gayA / eka gAma meM rahane ke kAraNa, ekahI dhandA karane ke kAraNa, nikaTa vartisthAnoM meM * vAsa karane ke kAraNa, eka dharmAvalaMbI hone ke kAraNa aise $ vividha kAraNoM se logoM ke samUha bana jAte haiM / aise jJAti nirbaMdha kaba se nirmANa hue ? kina * moDherA sthAnake osA nagarI ke osavAla. ke mevADA. mahArASTra ke mahArASTrIya ( marahaTA ) $ sarva dharmeSu tasmAtu yauna piMDo vidhIyate / sthApita sthUla vRttInAM jJAtibheda kalau yuge // // saMkaratva niSadhyAya vartate ziSTha saMgrahAta ajJAtoptatti bhAvanA kSUyaste sati sonvayaH // 2 // sAMkara vyavahArAtramAstu tasmAta sthitiH kRtA / sthAna sthApita bhedena sthAna sthApaka nAmabhiH // 3 // samavAyo bhavejjJAtiH sajjJAti syAtkulI yuge / ( padma purANAMtargata - ekaliMga mahAtmya ) rahivAsi moDha, zrImAla nagara ke zrImAlI, prAgvAra ke poravADa gauDa ke zrI gauDa. mevADa
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________________ brAhmaNoM ne yaha niyamAvali nirmANa kI ? kisa rAjA ke zAsana kAla meM ye niyama amala meM lAye gaye yaha nizcaya pUrvaka batAne yogya sAdhana abhI upalabdha hue nahIM hai| purANa aura smRtiyoMse itanAhI jAnA jAtA hai ki, sAmAjika niyama brAhmaNa banAte aura rAjA loga unako amalameM lAte / smRti aura purANa vikrama saMvata pahile 400-500 varSa se lekara vikrama saMvata 500 taka race gae haiN| jAtioM ke saMbaMdha meM vicAra karanevAlI samagra smRtiyoM meM aisA kucha na kucha pramANa upalabdha hotA hai| ina graMthoM kI racanA ke samaya hI prastuta kI jJAtiyoM kA janma huA hai| bhinna bhinna jJAtiyoM ke purANa bahuta Adhunika samaya meM likhe gae haiM, aise pramANa una purANoM meM se upalabdha hote haiN| arthAt jJAtiyoM ke purANa vi. saM. 500 ke pazcAta race gae yaha mAna liyA jAve to bhI unakA kAla saMvata eka hajAra se nIcA nahIM utara sktaa| saMvata eka hajAra pIcheke vyorevAra aitihAsika sAdhana mila cuke haiN| ina sAdhanoM se samajhatA hai ki Aja kala kI bahuterI jJAtiyAM Aja se eka hajAra varSa pUrva bhI Aja hI jaise svarupa meM pracalita thI; paraMtu jJAtike purANoM meM jJAti kI uptatti kA kAlpanIka itihAsa bahuta bharA huA pAyA jAtA hai| aura vaisA hI itihAsa saMvata eka hajAra ke lagabhaga aura isase pahile ke lekhoM meM pramANa bhUta mAnA huA dekhA jAtA hai (dekho-vallabhI rAjAoM ke tAmrapatra,
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________________ 13 rASTrakUTa ke tAnapatra, cAlukyoM ke zilAlekha Adi-) isa prakAra dekhane se mAluma hotA hai ki jina jAtiyoM ke purANa saMvata eka hajAra pahile race gae haiM una jAtiyoM kA astitva purANa racanA kAla se doso cAraso varSa pUrva se honA cAhiye / jina jAtiyoM ke nAma kisI sthAna ke nAma se rakkhe gae haiM una sthAnoM kA itihAsa dekhA jAye to nirvivAda siddha hotA hai ki vi. saM, 500 ke pUrva ye jJAtiyAM thIM; paraMtu upalabdha pramANoM se yaha to abazya kahanA hogA ki prAthamika catuvarNoM ke mUla niyamAnusAra Aja se lagabhaga 900 varSa taka ucca varNIya puruSa nimna varga kI kanyAoM se lagna saMbaMdha karate the| udAharaNArtha:-mAravADa kA brAhmaNa harizcaMdra kI do patniyoM meM se eka brAhmaNa jAti kI aura dvitIya kSatriya jAti kI thii|* mAravADa se jAkara kanoja meM apanA rAjya sthApana karane vAle parihAra rAjAoM meM se rAjA mahendrapAla ke guru rAjazekhara brAhmaNa kI patni viduSi avaMti suMdarI cohAna vaMzakI thI / yaha rAjazekhara vi. saM. 950 ke lagabhaga jIvita thA / aNahilapurapaTTaNa ke rAjA karNadevakA vivAha caMdrapura kI jaina kumArI milana devIse huA thA aura vahIM ke rAjA bhImadeva kI vivAhita paTTarANI * dekho zilAlekha vi.saM. 894 caitra zuddha 5 aura vi. saM. 918 caitra su 2 [ lakhanau myUjhiyama ] gahalota kRta mAravADa rAjya kA itihAsa. puSTa 483
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________________ bakulAdevI vaNika kanyA thI / rAjA bhImadeva vi. saM. 1088 taka jIvita thaa| isa se siddha hotA hai ki pracalita jJAtiyAM jo mi. vi. saM. pahile cArasoM pAnaso varSa ke lagabhaga nirmANa huI thI tobhI Aja kala jaisA ekAMtika vaivAhika prabaMdha vi. saM. 1088 taka pracalita nahIM huA thA / astu, jJAti nibaMdha ke sabaMdha meM itanA vivaraNa karane ke pazcAta aba mukhya viSaya se saMbaMdha rakhanevAlI vaNika jJAtiyoM kA vicAra karanA Avazyaka hai| - vANika jJAtiyAM " vaNika " zabda kula sUcaka nahIM hai; paraMtu vyavasAya sUcaka avazya hai / vyApAra ke liye saMskRta zabda "vANijya" hai / vANijya karane vAlA " vaNikAH " kahalAtA hai / vaNikA zabda meM kA aMtyavarNa 'k' prAkRta vyAkaraNa ke niyayAnusAra uJcAra meM dabAkara prAkRta bhASi " vaNiA" aisA uccAra karate haiN| uttara hiMdusthAna tathA baMgAla prAMta meM 'va' kI jagaha 'ba' kA tathA 'Na' kI jagaha 'na' kA uccAraNa hotA hai / evaM " vaNiA" (vikRta 'vaniA') aisA mUla ' vaNikAH' zabda kA rupAMtara huaa| vyApAra vyavasAI 'baniyA' kahAte haiN| jaise mAstara zabda jJAti sUcaka nahIM
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________________ hai; brAhmaNa, kSatriya, vaizya, hajAma, dhobI, pArasI, musalamAna, Adi koI bhI jAti kA jo koI mAstara kA kAma kare vaha mAstara kahAve, vaisehI hara koI jAtikA manuSya vANijya kare to baniyA kahAve / pahile varNa vyavasthA ke niyamana ke samaya meM ucca jJAti ke manuSya ko nimna varNa ke manuSya kA dhaMdA karanA niyama bAhya na thaa| isa vAkya ke anusAra khetI, gaupAlana, tathA vyApAra vaizyoM kA niyamita kAma thaa| paraMtu brAhmaNa kSatriya yadi cAheM to ukta kAma kara sakate the| kevala amuka samaya taka yadi ucca varNIya manuSya nimna varNa ke manuSya kA kAma karatA rahe to vaha usI nimna varNa kA mAnA jAve aisA bhI eka niyama thA / Ajakala hama jise 'baniyA' nAma se saMbodhita karate haiM vaha isI taraha brAhmaNa kSatriya aura vaizyoM meM se vyApAra karane vAle logoM kA samUha hai| isa samUha kI vRddhi hone kA eka aura bhI mahAna kAraNa huA hai ora use bhAratIya dhArmika viplava kahanA ayogya na hogaa| jAti matsara ke pariNAma se Arya prajA meM varNoM ko jaDatA AnA tathA varNasaMkara ke kAraNa vargoM meM bhedA bheda kI vRddhi hokara zatazaH jJAtiyAM nirmANa honA yaha samAja viskhalita hone kA bhaviSyat bhaya tAtkAlina kaI vicAravAna
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________________ sudhArakoM ko bhaya bhIta kara rahA thaa| jaina tathA bauddha dharma ke pravartaka jaise brAhmaNoM ke yajJa yAgAdika niSedha karane ko kaTibaddha huethe vaise ve ukta aniSTa jJAti nedake bhI kaTTara virodhI bnethe| inoMne isa AtmaghAtakI baMdhanakA anAdara kara ekahI jAti ( saMgha) kI sthApanA kI, evaM apane apane siddhAMta ke sabhI anuyAyIyoM ko ekahI saMgha (jJAti ) ke ghaTaka nizcita kiye, aura unake dhArmika tathA sAmAjika vyavahAra samAna rakkhe / jaina tathA bauddha dharma pravartakoM kI sAdhutA, ugra tapazcaryA aura nisvArtha lokahita vRtti dekhakara lAkhoM loka unakI ora AkarSita hue / sabakesAtha samAna vyavahAra tathA saba jIvoM ke sAtha dayAbhAva ina do siddhAMtoMne lakSAvadhi manuSyoM ko vaza krliye| kyA brAhmaNa, kyA kSatriya, kyA vaizya, ina tInoM varNakI jyAti upajyAtiyAM ekatrita kara jaina saMgha banAyA gyaa| zUdra mAnI gaI jJAtiyoM ko jaina saMghameM sammilita karanA yA nahIM isakA yogya pramANa milatA nahIM; paraMtu raMgareja ( chIpA) Adi kaI zUdra jAtiyAM jaina dharmAvalaMbI hote huebhI jaina saMghase inakA khAnapAnAdi vyavahAra nahIM hai. isase saMbhavanIya hai ki, zUdra usa samaya tiraskaraNIya gine jAneke kAraNa lokarucikI ora dhyAna dekara inoMkA anAdara kiyAgayA ho| Ajakala jaise DheDa, bhaMgI Adi aspoM ko krizcanoMne khristi samUhameM sammilita karalene se uccavarNa ke loka khrizcana hone se ghRNA karane lage haiM vaisehI yadI jaina aura buddha dharma pravartaka
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________________ zUdra jAti ko apane apane saMghameM sammilita karalete to upadeza cAhe jitanA prabhAvazAli hotA tAbhI uccavarNa kA lokasamUha unake saMghameM sammilita hone se rukjaataa| saMbhavanIya hai ki kadAcita isI vicAra se unhoMne zUdroMko apane apane saMghoM meM nahIM milAye hoN| bauddha aura jaina saMgha balavAna hogye| akhila bhArata ina saMghoM se AvRta hogayA / brAhmaNa aura unakA dharma jahAMtahAM se adRzya honelgaa| baDe baDe rAjA bhI inhIM dharmoM kA pAlana karanevAle hue; aura veda dharmiyoM meM " ko vedAnuddhariSati" (vedakA uddhAra kauna karegA ) aise prazna upasthita hue| isa samaya brAhmaNa aura jaina buddhoM meM kadara zAstrArtha hokara hArajIta huA karatI; paraMtu isase jaina bauddha saMgha kI vRddhi kisI prakAra na rukii| " hastinA tADaya mAnopi na gacchejjaina maMdiraM" aise vairabhAva pUrNa zabdoccAraNa hone lge| dharma ke kAraNa rAjA rAjAoMmeM yuddha hue| eka dusare ke viruddha vairabhAvayukta niMdA pracura aneka graMtha nirmANa kiye gaye / vAmamArga ke pracArase brAhmaNa dharmako ati vIbhatsa svarUpa prApta ho cukA thaa| dharmake nAma pala palameM honevAlI pazuhiMsA, manuSyahiMsA, madhapAna tathA durAcAra se brAhmaNa dharma janatA kI dRSTimeM ghRNA pUrNa banacukA thaa| isIkAraNa brahmANoM ke saba prayatna niSphala hokara jaina bauddhoM kI pratidina vRddhi hotI gii| aMtameM jaba
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________________ 18 brAhmaNoMne dekhA ki jana samudAya ko mAnya aisA dharma pracalita kiye vinA cArA nahIM taba purANoM kI racanA kA AraMbha huaa| vAma mArgake taMtra graMthoM ke sthAna purANoM ko diye ge| varNasaMraka kA jJAtibheda aTakAyA gyaa| jaina aura bauddha matake anuyAyI hokara ekAkAra saMghameM mile hue logoM ko phirase apane saMghama milAne kI avazyakatA huii| usa samaya ke niyamAnusAra phira AnevAle logoM ko kisa varNa ke gine jAveM, yaha prazna upasthita huvA, taba eka nayI yojanA nirmANa kI gaI, caturvaNa ke atirikta eka paMcama varNa kI sthApanA kI aura unakA nAma 'sat zUdra (sacchUdra ) rakhane meM aayaa| zUdroM se inako ucca maanaa| kaliyuga meM kSatriya aura vaizyoM kA lopa honA batAkara brAhmaNa aura zUdra inhIM ko varNoM kA astitva rakkhA / isa prakAra kSatriya vaizyoMko chuTTI dekara brAhmaNa satazUdra aura zUdra yahI varNatrayi sthita kI aura jaina tathA buddha dharma se vApisa lauTanevAloM ko sacchUdra varNa meM sthAna milaa| vizeSataH jaina bauddha matAvalaMbiyoM ko nirdoSa nirvAha mArga vANijyahI hone se prAyaH ve vyApAra karane lge| yahI Ajakala kI vaNika jJAtiyAM haiN| ukta dharma viplava vikrama saMvata pUrva lagabhaga pAnaso varSoM se vi0 saM0 AThaso taka evaM bAraha terahaso varSataka pracalita rhaa| pazcAt samayane phirase palaTA khaayaa| zrImad zaMkarAcArya ke samaya se brAhmaNa dharma kI vRddhi hone lgii| purANoM meM kaI jagaha kahA hai ki, amuka devane AvazyakatAnusAra itane kSatriya uptanna kiye aura
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________________ amuka devane itane brAhmaNa uptanna kiye| yaha kevala alaMkAra hai| uptanna kiye yAne kahIM AkAza vA pAtAla se nahI lAe athavA kASTa vA mRtikAke nahIM bnaaye| paraMtu abataka jo kSatriya vA brAhmaNa nahIM kahalAte the unheM kSatriya vA brAhmaNa mAnane lge| nivAsa sthAnaparase saMgha sthApita kiye ge| jaina aura bauddha saMghameM milanevAle brAhmaNa, kSatriya, vaizya, nijI dhandA choDakara vaNika vRtti le rahane lge| isa samaya zrImAlanagara bhArata ke prasiddha nagaroM meM se eka thaa| paTTaNa kI sthApanA na huI thI; aura vRddhanagara ( baDanagara ) gujarAta meM koI ( baDA zahara ) nagara na thA / zrImAla nagara gujarAta mAravADa kI sarahadda para mahAn samRddhizAlI nagara thA / vahAM kI rAja sattA aura vyApAra, akhila gujarAta aura mAravADa meM phailA huA thaa| isI kAraNa anya sthAna ke nivAsiyoM ke sanmukha zrImAla nagaracAsI apane ko zreSTha mAnane lage aura unhoMne apane nagara ke nAma kA apanA gaurava pUrNa jatthA kAyama kiyaa| vahAM ke brAhmaNa, zrImAlI brAhmaNa ke nAma se prasiddha hue| vyApArI zrImAlI vaNik ( baniye ) isa nAma se jAne gye| sonI zrImAlI sonI, poravADa zrImAlI poravADa khlaae| yAda rahe, aise nAma kahIM vAda vivAda kara nizcita nahIM kiye jaate| kintu aise nigaThita samUha ko paragAMva ke loka unake nagara ke nAma ke sAtha saMbodhana karane lagate haiM aura kAlAMtara se vaha nAma nizcita ho jAtA hai| ukta zramiAla vaNika saMghoM meM se hI poravADa jJAti bhI eka hai|
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________________ zrImAla nagara tUTane ke pazcAt vahAM ke loga pATaNa, gujarAta, mAravADa, jAMgala padmAvatI Adi anya sthAnoM meM jA bse| pATaNa aura cAMpAnera ke rAjya tUTakara vahAM kI prajA dakSiNa gujarAta tathA anya dUra dezoM meM jA basI, aura jahAM tahAM apanI dala baMdI ( saMgha ) karake unhoMne Apusa meM samAjika vyavahAra pracalita kiye| Aja jaise AvAgamana ke sulabha sAdhana, zAMtatA tathA nirbhayatA pahile na hone se zaneH zanaiH dUra gaye hue logoM kA gujarAta se va apane mUla sthAna se saMbaMdha sthagita huA, vaha aba taka vesA hI hai / poravADa loka zrImAla se gujarAta, mAravADa, mevADa, goDavADa, jAMgala padyAvatI Adi prAMta vA nagaroM meM vibhAjita hue aura Upara batAye hue kAraNoM se eka prAMtavAloM kA dUsare prAMtavAle se saMbaMdha honA ruka gyaa| isa prakAra vaNika tathA anya mAtiyoM meM prAMtavAra aura bhI naye bheda ho gye| / zrImAla ngr| prastuta itihAsa poravADa jhAti kA hone se ukta jJAti bandhuoM ko unake mUla sthAna se paricita kara denA tathA jana sAdhAraNa ko purANoM ke alaMkAra aura zrImAla nagara ke
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________________ aitihAsika mahatva se paricaya karA denA yahI nimna paMktiyAM likhane kA uddezya hai| ahamadAbAda ajamera relve lAina ke pAlanapura aura AbUroDa sTezana se pazcima kI ora lagabhaga cAlIsa mAIla para gujarAta mAravADa kI sImApara zrImAla nagara ke prAcIna khaMDahara dekhana meM Ate haiN| anya prAcIna jJAtiyoM ke mUla mahAsthAnoM kI jo dazA huI he usI dazA ko zrImAla nagara bhI pahuMca cukA hai / isa nagara para anekabAra paracakra Aye aura anekabAra usakA nAza huaa| phira bhI aneka avasthAtaroM ke pazcAt usakA "bhinnamAla" meM nAmAMtara huaa| zrImAla purANa, zrImAla nagara aura nikaTavartI tIrthoM ke varNanArtha tathA zrImAlI jhAtioM kA aitihAsika svarUpa batAne ke liye hI racA gayA hai| isameM zrImAla nagara kI sthApanA theTa kRtayuga 'satayuga' meM honA batAI hai| viSNupani lakSmIdevIne viSNu se varadAna pAkara isa nagara ko iMdrapurI samAna suzobhita bnaayaa| nagara vAstu ke samaya bramhAdi sarva deva upasthita hue aura unhoMne lakSmI kA puSpahAra se Adara kiyA / zriyamudizya mAlAbhirAvRttA bhUriyaM suraiH / tataH zrImAla nAmanyAstu loke khyAtamidaMpuraM / zrImAla purANa bha. 9 zloka 36-37.
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________________ 22 } zrI ( lakSmI ko devoMne arpaNa kI huI puSpamAlA se yaha sthAna AvRta hogayA, etadartha isakA nAma zrImAla huA, aisA ukta zloka kA bhAvArtha hai / kRtayuga meM puSpamAla, tretA meM ratnamAla dvApAra meM zrImAla aura kaliyuga meM bhinnamAla aise yaha kathA svayaM cAra nAma isa nagara ke batAe haiM / paraMtu virodha utpanna karatI hai / zrI lakSmI isa nagara kI sthApanA yadi kRtayuga meM karatI to usI yuga meM puSpamAla nAma rakhkA hotA to vahAM ke nagara vAsiyoM kA nAma puSpamAlI honA cAhiye thA / aisA na hote dvApArayuga ke aMta meM isakA nAma zrImAla huA hai aura usI samaya ke pazcAt vahAM ke nagaravAsi zrImAlI kahAe haiM evaM zrImAla nagara kI sthApanA dvApAra yuga ke aMta meM mAnanA adhika yogya hogA / vimala prabaMdha aura vimala caritra meM kahA hai ki: zrIkAra sthApanA pUrva, zrImAle dvApArAMtaraiH / zrI zrImAli iti jJAti, sthApanA vihitAzriyA / / ( vimala prabaMdha ) X X X x bheTataNI lakhimI bAvarI, aprisAda suraMgaU pharI / thApI murati muharata joI, lakhimi lakSaNavaMtI hoI // dvApara mAMhi hoI sthApanA, jeha nai bhaya TAliyA pApanA / zrI gotraja zrImAlI taNI, karaI cIMta prAsAdaha taNI // dvApArayuga ke aMta meM zrImAlI jJAti kI sthApanA huI; aura tabhI se zrImAliyoM kI zrIdevI gotrajAdevI mAnI gaI /
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________________ 23 1 nagara meM rahane ko zrIdevIne bhinna bhinna tIrthoM se cAra veda ke vidvAna saMkhyAbaMdha brAmhaNa bulAe / arthAt vahAM para lakSmIvanoM kI vastI hone se udarabharaNArtha cAroM ora se brAmhaNa Ae / aura bhI kahA hai lakSmIdevIne dhAraNa kiye hue hAra meM brAmhaNoM kA pratibiMba dekhakara harSa se lakSmI ke netra azrumaya hue / usa hAra ke aSTadala kamala meM paDe hue brAmhaNoM ke pratibiMba jIvita ho bAhara nikale / ve rezamI vastra ratna, suvarNa aura caMdana se suzobhita the / unhoMne aba apane nAmakaraNa Adi kI prArthanA kI to lakSmIdevI bolI ki, tuma suvarNapadmoM se utpanna hui ho ataeva suvarNakAra ( sunAra ) kA dhandA karake isa nagara meM sonI nAma se rho| isa prakAra ATha hajAra causaTha sonI utpanna hue| phira Age kahA hai / brAhmaNoM ke dhana dhAnya ke rakSaNa kI ciMtA se lakSmIdevIne apanI jAnu tarapha dekhA aura usameM se dhavala vastra paridhAna karane vAle, umbara kA daMDa tathA yajJopavita dhAraNa kiye hue nabbe hajAra vaNika putra utpanna hue / unhoMne apane liye kAma kI prArthanA karane para zrIviSNu bhagavAna bole ki : niprANAmAjJayA nityaM vartitavyamazeSataH // 20 // pazupAlyaM kRSivattA vANijyaMcetivaH kriyAH / adhyeSati dvijA vedAnyajiSyaMti samAdhinA // 21 // tapasyati mahAtmAno yajiSyaMti samAdhinA / gRhabhAraM samAropya yuSmAsu pravoNeSuca // 22 //
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________________ 24 zrImAla purANa kI isa kathA meM kevala brAhmaNa hI manuSya hoM aura unhI ke sukha ke vAste auroM kI utpatti huI aisA dikhAyA hai / haraeka manuSya apane jIvana ke liye svataMtra hotA hai; paraMtu purANa viparIta hI batAte haiM / isa kathA parase hameM itanA hI lenA cAhiye ki zrImAlI sonI brAhmaNoM ke pratibimba se yAne unhoM ke anuloma saMbaMdha se hue; aura ve niyamAnusAra nimna varNake hone ke kAraNa yajJopavita dhAraNa nahIM kara skte| vaisehI vaNika jJAtikI utpati meM unheM yajJopavita sahita batAye haiM / skaMdhapurANa ke sahyAdri khaMDa meM tathA " jAtiviveka nAmaka mizra jAtiyoM ke saMgraha graMtha meM soniyoM kI nimnokta utpatti batAI hai : "" zUdrA zayanaM Arola brAhmaNAzca kathacana / janayeda grAmya dharmeNa tasya pAra sarva sutaM // mahAzUdrasya vikhyAtaH zUdrebhyaH kiMciduttama ? | svarNakArasya tasyeha snAnaM dhe traM pavitrakaM // saiva zUdrasya dharmeNa vartanaM tasya ca smRtaM / ( jAti viveka ) eka kathA aisI bhI batAtI hai ki, zrImalla rAjAne yaha nagara basAkara usakA zrImAla nAma rakkhA / isa kathAnusAra lakSmI zrImalla rAjA kI putrI thI, aura usakA AbU ke paramAra rAjA ke sAtha vivAha kiyA gayA thA / astu /
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________________ zrImAla nagara lakSmI kA basAyA ho vA zrImalla kA basAyA huA ho vahAM lakSmI kA vAstavya avazya thaa| yathA-- etadeva viprANA zrImAlanAma pattanama / yatroA khanamAnAyAM purA ratnAni nirmayuH // 22 // (zrImAla purANa) ukta zloka khullaM khullA batAtA hai ki nagara ke AsapAsa suvarNAdi ratnoM kI khadAne thii| sonA tathA ratnAdika pratyakSa lakSmI rUpa hI hote haiN| zrImAla kI bhUmi meM aise bahumUlya padArtha bhare paDe the; isI kAraNa use lakSmI kA priyasthAna jAnanA asvAbhAvika nahIM; aura lakSmI vahAM vAsa karatI thI vaha bhI asatya nahIM ! usa bhUmi meM lakSmI bharapUra hone se svabhAvataH cahu ora se lokavahAM Akara base / arthAt lakSmIne vaha nagara basAyA aisA likhanA ayathArtha nahIM / lakSmI ke bala kyA nahIM hotA !! lakSmIne baDe baDe zilpazAstrI (vizvakarmA) ko vahAM bulAye / lakSmIhI ke kAraNa zrImAla nagara iMdrapurI jaisA banA isa meM Azcarya kyA ? nyUyArka, laMdana, parisa, baMbaI, kalakattA Adi prekSaNIya nagara lakSmIke prabhAvasehI to bane haiN| jahAM lakSmI ho vahAM usa ke pujArI vyApArI ( vaNik putra ) hotehI haiN| ataeva zrImAlI logoMkI zrIdevI iSTa devatA ( gotradevI) likhanA yathArtha hai| jaba zrImAlanagara zrImAnoMkA nivAsasthAna thA to phira vahAM soniyoMkA adhika vAsa honA bhI saMbhavanIya hai; aura unako adhika AmadanI
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________________ honA yAne una para lakSmI kI kRpA honA ThIkahI hai / aba rahe brAhmaNa / usa samaya brAhmaNoM ko bhUdeva kahA jAtA thaa| ina ke binA koI kArya na hotA thA / lakSmI ke kRpApAtra loka (zrImaMta loka ) dharma se udAsIna nahIM raha skte| ina logoM * ke dharma kRtyoMke vAste aura khAsakara apanI pUrti ke vAste cahUM ora se brAhmaNa AkarSita honA Azcarya nahIM / zrImAla nagara samRddhizAlI hone se isa para kaI logoMne AkramaNa kiyA / zanaiH zanaiH suvarNAdi ratnoMkI khadAne rikta ho gaI, aura kAlakI vikrAla daMSTrA meM zrImAla nagara nAmazeSa hogayA / pahile batAyA huA zrImAla nagara basAnevAlA rAjA zrImalla ko gautama svAmIne jainoM ke tIrthaMkara zrImahAvIra svAmI ke ziSya the, jaina-dharma kI dikSA dI thii| vi0 saMvata 1176 se mAravADa gujarAta meM dvAdaza varSIya duSkAla paDA taba se zanaiH zanaiH yaha nagara zUnya hotA calA / nagaravAsi gujarAta, kAThiyAvADa, jAMgala, padmAvatI, mAravADa Adi sthAnoM meM cale gaye / adhika tara vanarAja ke basAye hue paTTaNa meM yahAM ke zrImAna tathA mAnanIya loka jA base / taba se zramiAla kI avanatI hI hotI gii| vahAM se lakSmI ruSTa ho gaI sababa zrImAla nAma badala kara usa nAma kA bhinnamAla meM parivartana huaa| yaha bhinnamAla choTe kasabe ke rUpa meM aba bhI usI sthAna para sthita hai|
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________________ zrImAla se nikale hue loka adhika tara gujarAta aura mAravADa meM vase yaha upara kahA jA cukA hai| gujarAta meM pATaNa kI sthApanA ke pahile zramiAla nagara dhana dhAnya, AbAdi vyapAra tathA rAja-sattA se sarvatayA saMpanna thA paraMtu vaha samRddhi naSTa hogaI / pATaNa meM jo bhI suvarNa ratnAdi kI khadAna na thii| to bhI vaha mahAna prabhAvazAlI rAjAoM kA rAjanagara thA, aura rAjadvAre mahAlakSmI vyApAraNa tathaivaca / isa nyAyase vaha lakSmI kA dhAma thA / zrImAla nagara tUTa kara vahAM ke nivAsI pATaNa meM jA base arthAt zrImAla purANa ke kathanAnusAra zrImAla kI lakSmI pATaNa meM AI / / - poravADa jJAti kI uptatti / poravADa jJAti kA zrImAla nagara se bahuta ghaniSTa saMbaMdha hai; zrImAlI tathA osavAla mahAjanoM kA Apusa meM tathA zrImAla nagara se jisa prakAra kA saMbaMdha hai usa se bilakulahI nirAle prakAra kA pauravADoM kA zrImAla se hai| osavAloM kA mUla zrImAliyoM meM hai, kintu pArevADoM kI zAkhAeM zrImAliyoM ke saMgaThana meM sammilita huI haiN| osavAloM kI
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________________ . 28 uptatti zrImAla se jAkara osiyA meM vasane ke pazcAt ratnaprabha sUri ke samaya zrIvIrAt 70 vikrama saMvat pUrva cAraso varSa aura isavI sana pUrva 457 ve varSa meM huI hai / jainoM ke teIsaveM tIrthaMkara zrIpArzvanAtha bhagavAna se ratnaprabha sUri chaTe pATavI hue| . itihAsa lekhakoM meM ukta samaya kI gaNanA meM kucha mata bhinnatA hai / History and Literature of Jainism ke lekhaka mi. vhI. DI. barodiyA ne zrIpArzvanAtha bhagavAna kA janma I0 ke pUrva 817 meM honA likkhA hai| isako pramANabhUta mAnakara yadi hisAba lagAveM to kAla gaNanA meM mahadaMtara hai| Aja mahAvIra saMvata 2456 I0 sa0 1929 vi. sa. 1986 hai| zrI mahAvIra kI Ayu bahattara varSa kI thii| zrI pArzvanAtha kI Ayu 100 varSa kI thI / isa hisAba se100 varSa pArzvanAtha kI Ayu. ekaMdA 250 varSa pazcAt mahAvIra kA janma. ra 2878 72 varSa zrImahAvIra kI Ayu.. / varSa hue. 2456 varSa zrImahAvIra ke nirvANa ko hue. ) ___ ina 2878 meM se I0 san ke 1929 ghaTAne se 949 varSa bAkI rhe| arthAt I0 sa0 pUrva 949 veM varSa meM zrIpArzvanAtha kA janma honA nizcita hotA hai / I0 sa0 pUrva 599 veM varSa meM zrImahAvIra kA janmakAla tathA I0 sa0 pUrva
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________________ 527 veM varSa meM zrImahAvIra kA nirvANa kAla nizcita hotA hai| evaM Upara kahe anusAra zrI vIra saMvata 70 yAne I. sa. pUrva 457 veM varSa meM hI osavAloM kI utpatti nizcita huii| poravADa jJAti kI utpatti ke saMbaMdha meM jo jo bhinna bhinna pramANa upalabdha hue haiM ve prathama jaise ke taise pAThakoM ke sanmukha rakhakara unameM se sayuktika pramANa siddha aura vizvAsa pAtra kaunasA hai isa saMbaMdha kA samAlocanAtmaka vicAra Age kareMge / zrImAla purANa meM likhA hai ki zrI viSNu ne zrImAla nagara meM 45 hajAra brAhmaNa aura 80 hajAra vyavahAriyoM ko basAye / pazcAt do byavahArI ke sAtha eka brAhmaNa ke pAlana kA niyamana kiyA / isa avasthA meM 50 hajAra vyavahArI kI kami rhii| taba bhagavAna, gaMgA yamunA ke doAba meM rAjya karane vAle purakhA rAjA ke pAsa gaye aura kahA ki zrImAla meM mujhe caurAsI jJAtiyoM kI sthApanA karanA hai / isameM dasa hajAra vyavahAriyoM kI kami AI hai / ataeva tuhmArI prajA meM se dasahajAra puruSa do| rAjA ne uttara diyA ki maiM mere putroM ko vahAM basane ko bhejatA hUM; paraMtu va aMtyaja [ pIche kI prajA] gine jAveMge / taba zrI viSNu ne kahA ki aisA nahIM hogA / vaha ucca jJAti hI rhegii| isa prakAra samajhAkara bhagavAna ne dasahajAra puruSoM
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________________ ___ 30 ko sAtha lAkara zrImAla nagara meM basAye aura caurAsI jJAti kI sthApanA karate samaya inakA nAma "prAgvATa" rakhA / prAga-pUrva dishaa| vATa vADA, vasatisthAna / zrImAla se gaMgA yamunA kA doAba pUrva dizA meM hai / ukta dasa hajAra yoddhA pUrva se Aye / ataH "prAgvATa" kahAye jaise aba bhI "dakSaNI" purabiye Adi saMjJAeM haiN| dUsarI eka kathA aisI bhI hai ki, paramAra rAjA jayasena ke do putra bhImasena aura candrasena the / candrasena ne caMdrAvatI basAkara ve vahAM rAjya karane lage aura bhImasena kA putra puMja aura usakA bhAI [ zrIkumAra ] uptaladevakuMvara * ruSTa hokara zrImAla nagara se jAne ke pazcAt isa nagara kI sthiti bahuta ciMtA janaka hogii| vahAM cahuMora se luTere DAkuoM ne nagara ko lUTanA AraMbha kiyaa| isa saMkaTa se bacane ke liye vahAM ke mahAjana logoM ne cakravartI purukhA rAjA kI madata lenA nizcita kiyaa| ve loga cakravartI ke pAsa gaye aura apanI duHkhadavArtA unheM sunAkara purakhA rAjA ne apane nijI dasahajAra yoddhA zrImAla nagara kA rakSaNa karane ko bheja diye / ukta yoddhAoM ke Ane se nagaravAsiyoM kA duHkha naSTa huA, aura ve AnaMda se rahane lage / ye yoddhA nagara ke bAhara pUrva kI ora Akara haThare the| vahAM ambikAdevI kA eka maMdira thaa| subhaTa gaNa usa devI
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________________ kI pUjA karane lage / ve loga jahAM jahAM gaye sarvatra vijayI hue ataeva divAlI para unhoMne devI kI mahApUjA kii| devI usa pUjA se tuSTamAna huI aura usane eka rAtri meM sAta durga nirmANa karake ina logoM ko kahA ki tuma ina durgoM meM rahakara merI pUjA karate jAo / tumhArA sarvatra vijaya hogaa| Upara kI donoM kathAoM kA vicAra karane se aura usameM kA alaMkArika aMza choDa dene se jJAta hotA hai ki ukta dasahajAra kSatriya purakhA ke bheje hue avazya the / ve pUrva se zrImAla nagara meM Aye the aura isIliye "prAgvATa" kahAye the| poravADa jJAti ke logoM ke jo anya aneka prazastiyAM zilAlekhAdi pramANa mile haiM unameM se lagabhaga tInaso varSa pahile ke lekhoM meM " poravADa" ina zabdoM kI jagaha "prAgvATa" zabda kA hI prayoga kiyA gayA hai| yaha zabda saMskRta hai / paraMtu jaba saMskRta kA pracAra kama hone lagA aura hindI Adi bhASAeM pracalita huI taba usI kA rUpAMtara poravADa-poravADa ho gayA / dUsare 'pauravAla' zabda meM 'paurava' zabda khullaM khullA dikha rahA hai, aura ukta kathAoM se bhI inakA puru vaMzIya honA siddha hotA hai / ataeva 'pauravAla' yaha zabda isa jJAti kA puruvaMzIya hone kA bhI dyotaka hai|
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________________ 32 poravADa jJAti meM lanAdi zuma prasaMga para nimna suprabhAtiyA gAyA jAtA hai: sajanI nI kuMkha sulakSaNI jI jene ( nAma ) jaayaa| teDo Ayo rAja ko Adara se bulAyA // ghoDA dIdhA haMsalA Upara jIna sajAyA / ghuDalAnI karo benyA AratI vIro gaDha jIti mAyA / yaha bhI poravADoM kA kSatriya honA siddha karatA hai| isa jJAti kI lama vivAha kI rIti bhI inheM rAjapUta siddha karatI hai| "prAgvATa" zabda kI utpatti to Upara likhI jA cukI paraMtu isake saMbaMdha meM eka nimna matabheda prasiddha huA hai| nAgarI pracAriNI patrikA dvitIya bhAga saMvat 1978 meM zrIyut mahA mahopAdhyAya rAyabahAdura gaurIzaMkarajI ojhA pRSTa 336 meM likhate haiM ki:- "karanavela [jabalapura ke nikaTa ] ke eka zilAlekha meM prasaMga vazAt mevADa ke guhila vaMzI rAjA haMsapAla, vaizIsaMha aura vijayasiMha kA varNana milatA hai| isameM unako "prAgvATa" kA rAjA kahA hai| yathAH prAgvATe vanipAla bhAla tilakaH zrIhaMsapAlo bhavattasmAdabhUbhRdasuta satya samitiH zrIvairisiMhAbhadhAH // iMDi. eMTi. ji 7-18 pR. 217.
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________________ arthAt 'prAgvATa' mevADa [ medapATa ] kA hI dUsarA nAma honA cAhiye / saMskRta ke zilA lekhoM meM tathA pustakoM meM 'poravADa' mahAjanoM ke liye 'prAgvATa' nAma kA prayoga milatA hai| ve loga apanA nikAsa mevADa ke pura kasbe se batalAte haiN| jisase sambhava hai ki prAgvATa deza ke nAma para se ve apane ko prAgvATa vaMzI kahate rahe hoM / " [ nA. pra. patrikA bhAga 2/1978 pR. 336] poravADoM kA pura kasbe se nikAsa honA saMbhavanIya nahIM mAlUma hotaa| kyoMki pura koI nagara vA baDA grAma honA kahIM bhI nahIM pAyA jaataa| choTe se kasbe ke pAMca paccIsa gharoM meM se itanI baDI jJAti bananA zakya nhiiN| dUsare prAgvAToM ke lagabhaga pAMcaso sAtaso lekha dekhane meM Aye unameM kevala ekahI lekha aisA milA hai ki jisake nirmitA 'pura' vAsI the| lekha / jesalamIra ke candraprabhA svAmI ke mandira meM paJcatIrtha para. "saM. 1518 varSe mahA sudI 13 gurau prAgvATa jJAtIya vya0 pUMjA bhA0 jAsu suta vya0 vAchA kena bhA0 bAchU putra melA kaMrapAla yutena zvazreyase jIvita svAmI caMdraprabhA biMba kAritaM kula kramAyAt gurubhiH zrI pUrNimA pakSe bhImapallIya bhaTTAraka zrI jayacandra sUribhiH pratiSThitaM......puravAstavya / "
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________________ kevala eka ghara vAle puravAsI pAye jAne se samasta jJAti 'pura' se nikAlI aisA anumAna kaise kiyA jAve ? isake atirikta aura koI bhI vizvasanIya pramANa abhI isa saMbaMdha kA upalabdha nahIM huaa| kaI poravADa jJAtIya vRddha sajjanoM se jJAtikA mlasthAna kA prazna karane para ve sirohI batAne lage praraMtu vAstava meM yaha bhI ThIka nahIM hai / kyoMki sirohI rAjya kA kAmadrA grAma kA zilAlekha batAtA hai ki usa lekhna ke nirmitA sajjana bhinnamAla se sirohI Aye / arthAt sirohI poravADoM kA mUlasthAna nahIM / evaM do cAra manuSyoM ke kahane para poravADa jJAti kA mUlasthAna nizcita karanA yogya nhiiN| ___aba mevADa ko " prAgvATa " kahane ke saMbaMdha meM bhI jarA matabheda hai / " medapATa" kA " mevADa" meM rUpAMtara honA jitanA sahaja hai utanA dUsare zabda kA zakya nhiiN| "prAgvATa" kA artha pUrva pradeza [ sthAna ] hotA hai / evaMmevADa ko prAgvATa kevala vehI loga kaheMge ki jinake nivAsa sthAna se mevADa pUrva meM ho paraMtu bhArata kA eka pradeza aisA hai ki jo prAcIna kAla se Ajataka pUraba [ pUrva ] ke nAma se jAnA jAtA hai aura vahAM ke nivAsI bhI purabiye kahe jAte haiN| pUrva pradeza kA prAgvATa tathA purabiye kA prAgvATa anuvAda bilakula yathArtha hai / purukhA cakrakartI the aura unakA rAjya
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________________ nivAsa gaMgA jamunA ke doAva meM thA yaha bhAratAdi graMthoM meM diyA hai arthAt purukhA ke bheje hue yoddhA pUrvase Ane ke kAraNa prAgvATa kahAveM to Arzvaya nahIM / mevADa ke guhila vaMzI rAjA haMsapAla ko " karanavela" ke zilAlekha meM prAgvATa kA rAjA kahA hai| isase mevADa kA nAma " prAgvATa" hone kA anumAna na karate medapATa ke rAjA haMsapAlAdi prAgvATa ke bhI rAjA hone kA anumAna karanA adhika yathArtha hogaa| kyoMki guhila vaMza meM kaI rAjA bahuta pratApi ho cuke haiN| saMbhava hai ki, prAgvATa-pUrva pradeza bhI unhoMne hastagata kiyA ho| jabalapUra ( karanavela ) kA usa samaya pUrva pradeza meM samAveza thA / lekha lekhana ke samaya vahAM kA rAjya guhila rAjAoM kI sattA meM hone se vahAM ke lekhaka ne unheM apanA rAjA [ mAtahatI ke kAraNa ] saMbodhita karanA zreyaskara thA, aura isI se ve " prAgvATe vanipAla" kahAye hoM kyoMki, rANapura [ mAravADa ] tIrtha kA prasiddha mukhya maMdira jo ki prAgvATa vaMzI saMghavI ratnAsAkA banAyA hai usakI prazasti meM saMghavI ratnAsA ke vaMza ko prAgvATa vaMzI batAyA hai| paraMtu prazasti ke Adi meM guhila vaMza kI saMpUrNa vaMzAvalI dete samaya unheM prAgvATa ke rAjA na batAte kevala " medapATa rAjAdhirAja " aisA likhA hai| isI prazasti meM Age baDhakara 41 ve rAjA " kuMbhakarNa" ke varNana meM unheM: " viSama tamA bhaMga sAraMgapura, nAgapura, gAgaraNa, narANakA, ajaya meru, maMDora, maMDorakara, bUMdi, khATu, cATa, sujAnAdi
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________________ nAnA durga lIlA mAtra grahaNa pramANita jita kAzitvAbhimAnasya / nija bhujorjita samupArjitAneka bhadra gajendrasya ! mleMcha mahipAla vyAla cakravAla vidalana vihaMga mendrasya .... Adi / __ aise pratApi likhe haiM to saMbhavanIya hai ki " prAgvATa" bhI koI samaya inoMne pAdAkrAMta kiyA ho / pAThakoM ke avalokanArtha saMpUrNa prazasti nIce dI jAtI hai, renapura tIrtha-madira kI prazasti / " svasti zrI caturmukha jinayugAdizvarAyanamaH " zrImadvikramataH 1496 saMkhya varSe zrImedapATa rAjAdhirAja zrIvappa 1 zrIguhila 2 bhoja 3 zIla 4 kAla bhoja 5 bhartRbhara 6 siMha 7 sahAyaka 8 rAjJI suta yutasya suvarNa tulA tolaka zrI khummANa 9 zrImadallaTa 10 nUravAhana 11 zaktikumAra 12 zucivarma 13 kIrtivarma 14 jogarAja 15 vairaTa 16 vaMzapAla [ haMsapAla ] 17 vairisiMha 18 varisiMha 19 zrI arisiMha 20 coDasiMha 21 vikramasiMha 22 raNasiMha 23 kSemasiMha 24 sAmaMtasiMha 25 kumArasiMha 26 prathamasiMha 27 padmAsaMha 28 jaitrasiMha 29 tejasvisiMha 30 samarasiMha 31 cahumAna zrI kautUka nRpa zrI allAvadIna suratrANa jaitravappa vaMza zrI bhuvanasiMha 32 suta zrI jayasiMha 33 mAlaveza gogAdeva jaitra zrIlakSma[Na] siMha 34 putra ajayasiMha 35 bhrAtu zrIarisiMha
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________________ 37 36 zrI hamIra 37 zrI khetasiMha 38 zrI lakSmahUya nareMdra 39 naMdana suvarNa tulAdi dAna puNya paropakArAdi sAraguNa sura drama vizrAma naMdana zrI mokala mahipati 40 kala kAnana paMcAnanasya / viSama tamA bhaMga sAraMgapura nAgapura gAgaraNa narANakA ajayameru maMDora maMDalakara bUdi khATu cATa sujAnAdi nAnA durga lIlA mAtra grahaNa pramANita jita kAzitvAbhi mAnasya / nija bhujorjita samupArjitAneka bhadra gajendrasya mleMccha mahipAla vyAla cakravAla vidalana vihaMgamendrasya / pracaMDa dordaDa khaMDitAbhiniveza nAnA deMza nareza bhAla mAlA lalita pAdAraviMdasya / askhalita lalita lakSmI vilAsa goviMdasya / prabala parAkramAMta DhillI maMDala gurjaratrA suratrANa dattAta patta prathita hiMdu suratrANa virudasya suvarNa satrAgArasya SaDdarzana dharmAdhArasya caturaMga vAhinI vAhinI pArAvArasya kIrti dharma prajA pAlana satrAdi guNakriyamAna zrIrAma yudhiSThirAdi narezvarAnu kArasya rANA zrI kuMbhakarNa sarvorvipati sArvabhaubhasya 41 vijayamAna rAjye tasya prasAda pAtreNa vinaya viveka dhairyodArya zubha karma nirmalaM zIlA dyadbhuta guNamaNImayA bharaNa bhAsuragAtreNa zrImadahammada suratrANa datta phuramANa sAdhu zrIguNarAja saMgha pati sAhacarya kRtAzcaryakArI devAlayADaMbara purAsara zrIzatraMjayAdi tIrtha mAtreNa ajAharI piMDara vATaka sAlerAdi bahusthAna gavIna jaina vihAra jIrNoddhAra padasthApanA vipama saSaya satrAgAra nAnA prakAra paropakAra zrI saMgha satkArAdya gaNya puNya mahArtha krayANaka
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________________ 38 pUryamANa bhavArNava tAraNa kSama manuSya janmathAna pAtreNa prAgvATa vaMzAvataMsa saM. sAgara [ mAMgaNa ] suta saM. kurapAla bhA. kAmalade putra paramAta dharaNA kena jyeSTa bhrAtR saM. ratnA bhA. ratnAde putra maM. lAkhA ma [ sa ] jA sonA sAliga sva. bhA. sa. dhAMralade putra jAjJA jAvaDani pravarddhamAna saMtAna yutena rANapura nagare rANA zrI kuMbhakarNa narendreNa svanAmnA nive zitetadIya suprasAdA dezata trailokya dIvakAbhidhAnaH zrI caturmukha yugAdizvara vihAra karitaH pratiSThitaH zrI vRhattapA gacche zrI jaMgacaMda sUri zrI devendra sUri saMtAne zrImat zrI deva suMdara sUri paTTa prabhAkara parama guru suvidita puraMdara gacchAdhirAja zrI somasuMdara sUribhiH // kRtamidaMca sUtradhAra depAkasya ayaMca zrI caturmukha vihArA: AcaMdrArka naMdAtAda | // zubhaM bhavatu // ataH upalabdha pramANoM se prAgvATa pUrva se purukhA kI ora se Aye hue hI siddha hote haiM / poravADa zabda prAgvATa se aura poravAla zabda se paurava kula ke honA nizcita hone ke pazcAta aba hameM dekhanA hai ki ye loka kSatriya hote hue aa aura kyoM vaNika mahAjana bane aura kSAtra vRttikA tyAga kyoM kiyA ? isa saMbaMdha kA abhI eka hI pramANa upalabdha huA hai / vaha hai kappa sUrikRta paTTAvalI / yaha jo bhI itanI vizvasanIya nahIM to bhI anya pramANoM ke abhAva meM ise pramANabhUta kyoM na mAnA jAve ? ukta paTTAvalI meM likhA hai
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________________ ki ratnaprabha sUrI ke pUrva ke, zrI pArzvanAtha bhagavAna se paMcama pATavI zrI svayaMprabha sUra vIra saMvata 52 taka the| ina ke pazcAta vIra saMvata 52-84 taka zrI ratnaprabha sUri paTTAdhIza rahe / eka samaya zrImAla nagara meM yajJa ho rahA thA ki zrI svayaMprabha sUri vahAM pahuMce aura vahAM ke logoM ko upadeza dekara aneka kSatriyoM ko jaina banAye aura mahAjana saMgha kI sthApanA kI / isI samaya vahAM ke prAgvATa kSatriya bhI jaina bane aura vaNika vRtti se rahane lge| paraMtu hiMsA ke atirikta inhoMne kSatriyocita koI bhI karma kA tyAga nahIM kiyA thaa| isa saMbaMdha kA vivaraNa anyatra kiyA hai| jaba vi. saM0 802 meM vanarAjaneM aNahilapurapaTTaNa kI nIva DAlI / pATaNa ke rAjya darabAra meM zrImAlI tathA pauravAloM kA bahuta mAna sanmAna thA / aura acche 2 sthAnoM para ye loga virAjamAna the| zrImAlI aura poravADa gujarAta meM sAtha sAtha Aye zrImAla meM sAtha rahe / pATaNa meM sAtha gae aura sAtha sAtha rAja kArya karate rhe| [ dekho vimala prabaMdha aura prabaMdha ciMtAmaNi ]. poravAr3a bhinnamAla se nikalakara sirohI Adi Asa pAsa ke pradezoM meM jA basane kA eka pramANa nIce diyA __jAtA hai|
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________________ 40 zilA lekha - kAmadrA grAma - sirohI rAjya. saMvata 1099. "OM / zrIbhinnamAla niryAtaH prAgvATa vaNijAvara : zrIpati vi lakSmA yuggo la ( cchrIM ) rAjapUjitaH // akAro guNa ratnAnAM bandhu padma divAkaraH jjujakastasya putra syAta namma rAmmai tatau parau // jajjuM suta guNodya vAmanena bhasAdbhayaM / dRSTavA cakre gRhaM jaina muktyai vizva maneoharaM // saMvata 1091 * sapune. 1 poravADoM ke kulaguru (gora) zrImAlI brAhmaNa haiM / yaha bhI poravADa jJAti kI zrImAliyoM se aikyatA kA tathA unakA mahAjana hone ke bAda kA mUlasthAna zrImAla hone kA eka sabala pramANa hai / Ajakala bhI bhinnamAla ke AsapAsa ke pradeza meM poravADoM kI adhika vastI hai / ukta saba bAteM yahI siddha karatI hai ki zrImAlI tathA poravADoM kA bahuta samaya taka ghaniSTa saMbaMdha rahA hai / ina donoM meM usa samaya aikya honA svAbhAvika hai ! jaba jJAti baMdhana bahuta saMkucita aura jaDa hue taba ye donoM jJAtiyAM pRthaka bhale hI mAnI gaI hoM paraMtu pahile ina logoM meM kisI prakAra kA bhedabhAva na thA / zrImAliyoM se to ThIka hI kintu poravADa jJAti ke prasiddha senApati vastupAla kI dUsarI strI suhar3A devI pattana ke rahane vAle moDha jAti ke mahAjana ThAkura ( Thakkura) jAlhaNa ke putra Thakura AsAkI putrI thI / isa saMbaMdha kA zilAlekha, vastupAla tejapAlane AbUpara banavAe
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________________ hue mukhya maMdira ke dvAra ke donoM ora ke tAkoM meM se eka tAka meM aba bhI hai * / isase pAyA jAtA hai ki usa samaya * ina dAnoM tAkoMpara eka hI Azaya ke ( mUrtiyoM ke nAma alaga ) lekha khude haiN| inameM se eka kI nimnokta nakala hai: OM saMvata 1290 varSe vaizAkha vado 14 gurau prAgvATa jJAtIya caMDa pracaMDa prasAda mahaM zrI somAnvaye mahaM zrI AsArAja sutamahaM zrI tejapAlena zrI matpattana vAstavya moDha jJAtIya Tha0 jAlhaNa suta Tha. Asa sutAyA ThakurAjJI saMtoSA kukSI saMbhUtAyA mahaM zrI tejapAla dvitIya bhAryA mahaM zrI suhaDA devyAH zreyortha......... ( yahAM se Age kA hissA TUTa gayA hai paraMtu dUsare tAka ke lekha meM vaha isa prakAra hai| " eta gigadeva kulikA khattakaM zrI ajitanAtha biMbaMca kAritaM / " isa lekha meM jAlhaNa aura Asa ko Tha. [ Thakura ThAkura ] likhA hai / isa kAraNa yaha anumAna kiyA jAtA hai ki ve jAgIradAra hoM / dUsare lekhoM meM vastupAla ke pitA AsarAja vagairA ko bhI Tha. likhA hai| rAjaputAnA aura mAlave meM abataka jAgIradAra cAraNa kAyastha jAgIradAroM ko Thakura hI kahate haiM / devAsa [ mAlavA ] ke prasiddha poravADa kula ko aba bhI ThAkura padavI hai| ye devAsa rAjya ke jAgIradAra tathA caudharI hokara inheM rAjya darabAra meM bahuta mAna sanmAna milatA hai| AbU ke ukta lekha meM tathA anya kaI lekhoM meM nAmoM ke pahile "mahaM" likhA milatA hai jo " mahattama ke" prAkRta rupa " mahaMta' kA saMkSipta rupa honA cAhiye / " mahattama" [ mahaMta ] usa samaya kA eka khitAba honA anumAna hotA hai, jo prAcIna kAla meM maMtriyoM (pradhAnoM) Adi ko diyA jAtA ho / rAjaputAnA aura gujarAta meM abataka kaI mahAjana " mUtA" aura " mahatA" [ mehatA] kahalAte haiM, jinake pUrvajoM ko yaha kitAba milA hogA; jo pIche se baMzaparaMparAgata hokara vaMza ke nAma kA sUcaka hogayA ho| " mUtA" Ara " mahatA" yaha donoM mahattama [mahaMta ] ke apabhraMza honA cAhiye. [sirohI kA itihAsa-gaurIzaMkarajI ojhA kRta].
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________________ 42 mahAjana jJAtiyoM meM paraspara beTI vyavahAra kI roka na thii| zrImAlI aura poravADa jJAtiyAM bahuta ucca zreNi kI ginI jAtI thii| unameM bhI poravADa bhinnamAla ke rakSaNa kartA hone ke kAraNa saba se adhika sanmAnanIya the| poravADa loga dAnazUratA meM bhI kucha kama na the ! prAyaH sabhI jaina tIrthoM meM inake banAye maMdira, mUrtiyAM, jIrNoddharita jinAlaya, dAnazAlAeM Adi Aja bhI isa bAta kA pramANa hameM dikhA rahe hai / vimalazAha, vastupAla, tejapAla, dharaNAsA, ratnAsA, pethaDazAha Adi lakSmIputroM ke banAye prekSaNIya, prazaMsanIya, kalAkuzalatA meM saMsAra bhara meM uccatama aise maMdira Aja bhI isa bAta kI sAkSI dete haiN| poravADa mahAjana bahAdurI meM bhI kucha kama na the| inoM kI badAdurI kI vArtA meM vimalazAha tathA vastupAla tejapAla kA nAma nikale binA nahIM rhtaa| koI cAraNa kA purAnA dohA hai: mAMDI mura kIraI karaI, chAMDiya mAMsa grAha, vimalaDI khaMDau kaDhIu, nau vAlI nAha, ukta dohe kI vArtA aisI hai ki, AbUpara vimalazAha jaba maMdira baMdhavAne lage to usa sthAnakA adhiSThAtA nAgarAja vAlInAtha balIdAna na milaneke kAraNa hara samaya rAtako baMdhAna girAne lgaa| eka rAtrI ko vimalazAha vahAM dabakara baiThA aura jaba nAgarAja vahAM AyA to khAMDA khIMcakara usako
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________________ mArane ko dauDA / isa prakAra nAgarAja kI akkala vimalazAha ne ThIka kii| visaladeva ke maMtritva ke kAla meM tejapAla vastupAla ne sArA gujarAta kAThiyAvADa lATa vAkala Adi pradezoMmeM aneka saMgrAma karake gurjarezvarakA prabhutva kAyama kiyA / bane vahAMtaka sAmopacAra kA ve upayoga karate; paraMtu yuddha prasaMga vA bahAdurI kA prasaMga Ane para ve kabhI pIche na haTate / isI prakRti ke kAraNa pauravADoM ko usa samaya : pragaTa malla" sacce yoddhA kI padavI dI gaI hai| kahA hai: raNi rAulI zUrA sadA, devI abAvI pramANa porUbADa paragaTa malla, maraNina mUke mANa. arthAt poravADa raNa sadA zUra aura sacce yoddhA hote haiM ve mAna ke vAste prANa bhI samarpaNa kara dete haiN| Upara kahe anusAra poravADa logoM ne maMdira baMdhavAne meM bhI bahuta kIrti milAI hai| jina jina maMdiroM ko dekhakara sArA saMsAra digmUDha ho rahA hai una AbU , giranAra, rANapura tathA kuMbhAriyA ke adbhuta tathA Azcarya janaka maMdira poravADoM ke hI banavAye haiN| jAvaDazAha nAma ke poravADa ne saMvata 108 meM zatraMjaya ke maMdira kA jIrNoddhAra kiyA thaa| arthAt maMdiroMkA yadi
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________________ 44 . itihAsa likhAjAve to prathama tathA agrasthAna poravADoM ko hI diyA jaavegaa| evaMca mAna sanmAna meM, rAjakAja meM zorya meM, dherya meM ina kA bahuta ucca sthAna thaa| aNahilapurapaTTaNa meM rAjA bhImadeva, karNadeva ke samaya to ina logoM kI itanI calatI thI ki inhIM ke kiye saba kArya hote the| / vimala caritra meM eka jagaha likhA hai ki, zrI aMbikA devIne poravADoM ko sAta durga diye arthAt unheM sAta sagduNoM ke dhAraNa kartA banAye: saptadurga pradAnena, guNa saptaka ropaNAt / puTa saptaka vaMto'mi prAgvATa iti vizratAH // 65 // AdyaM pratikSA nirvAhi, dvitiyaM prakRti sthirAH / tritiyaM proDha vacanaM, catuHprajJA prakarSavAn // 69 // paMcamaMca prapaMcajJaH, zaSThaM prabala mAnasam / saptamaM prabhutAkAMkSI, prAgvATe puTa saptakam // 67 // (1) pratijJA nirvAha (2) sthira prakRti (3) prauDha vacanI (4) buddhimAna (5) prapaMca ke jJAtA (6) mana ke dRDha (7) mhtvaakaaNkssii| paraMtu thoDA hI samaya vyatIta hone ke pazcAta poravADoM meM bhada hone lgaa| prathama inameM tIna bheda hue| [1] poravADa [2] soraTha (saurASTra ) meM gaye vaha soraThiyA poravADa kahAye,
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________________ 45 aura [3] kaMDola mahAsthAna meM jAkara rahe ve kapoloM prAgvATa mahAjana kahalAye / kapoloM ke gora kuMDala mahAsthAna ke nAma para se kaMDoliyA brAhmaNa kahalAne lage yathA: "tatorAja prAsAdAt samIpapura nivAsato vaNijaH prAgvATa nAmAno babhUvaH / Adau zuddha prAgvATAH dvitiyA surASTraMgatA kecita saurASTra prAgvATA: / tadavaziSThAH kuMDala mahAsthAna nivAsItopi kuMDala prAgvATA babhUvaH teSAM dharmopadeSTAro brahmadvIpa zikhAyAM mahA bramha brahmAvaTaMka dhAriNo brAhmaNA guravojAtAH / ina bhedoM ke atirikta poravADo meM aura bhI do bheda hue / ( 1 ) jAMgaDA [ jAMgala deza vAsI ] poravADa aura [ 2 ] padmAvatI [ padmAvatI meM base hue ] poravADa | zrIyuta ojhAjI ke kathanAnusAra ( nAgarI pracAriNI patrikA bhAga 2 saMvat 1978 ) vartamAna sArA bIkAnera rAjya tathA mAravADa ( jodhapura rAjya ) kA uttarI hissA jisameM nAgora Adi paragane haiM prAcInakAla meM " jAMgala deza " kahalAtA thA / mahAbhArata meM kahIM deza vA vahAM ke nivAsiyoM kA sUcaka ' jAMgala ' nAma akelA ( jAMgala ) milatA hai to kahIM kuru aura madrAsa ke sAtha juDA huA [ kurujAMgalA, mAdriIya jAMgalA ] milatA hai / bIkAnera ke mahArAjA jAMgala deza ke svAmI hone ke kAraNa apane ko *
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________________ 46 jaMgaladhara ( jaMgala deza ke bAdazAha kahAte haiM) jaise unake rAjacinha meM likhA rahatA hai / jAMgala deza kI rAjadhAnI ahichatrapura thI jisako isa samaya nAgora kahate haiM aura jo jodhapura ke uttarI vibhAga meM hai / zrImAla (bhinnamAla ) se jAMgala deza bahuta samIpa haiM / ataeva vahAM se calakara logoM kA jAMgala deza meM jAnA bahuta saMbhavanIya hai | [saM0 1175-76 ] / padmAvatI ke saMbaMdha meM amI vidvAnoM kA matabheda hai paraMtu bhavabhUti ke varNAnusAra saba bAteM siMdha pArvati nadiyoM ke saMgama para base hue gvAliyara rAjyAMtagarta " mahuvA " sthAna para dikhAI detI hai| saMbhavanIya hai ki yahIM para prAcIna padmAvatI nagara basA ho / kappasUri viracita paTTAvalI meM ( bi. saM. 1402 kI ) likhA hai ki eka samaya padmasena rAjA ne isa namarI meM bahuta baDA yajJa karanA cAhA / usake vAste asaMkhya pazuoM ko balidAna dene ke vAste ekatrita kiye| yaha samAcAra jaba svayaMprabha sUri ko milA to ve svayaM vahAM gaye / usa samaya vahAM 84 mahAjana jJAtiyAM ikaTThI huI thI / unameM prAgvATa bhI the| ina sabako pratibodha dekara surIzvara ne yajJa se vimukha kiye / aura jaina banAye 1
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________________ 47 paMDita jvAlAprasAdajI mizra likhita "jAti bhAskara" meM likhA haiM kiH-" goDavADa deza meM padmAvatI thI;" paraMtu isa sambandha meM koI vizvasanIya pramANa abhI upalabdha nahIM huA hai| isa samaya yadi dekhA jAye to eTA Adi gAMvoM meM padmAvatI poravADoM kI bastI adhika saMkhyA meM pAyI jAtI hai / ye gAMva mahuvA se adhika dUrI para nahIM thaa| paDhyAvatI poravADoM ke uptatti kI eka aura bhI daMtakathA pracalita hai| aura vaha vastupAla tejapAla se upasthita "dasA" ke bhaida se bhI adhika garNIya hai| koI dhanADhya poravADa kA durbhAgya vaza dhana nAza hone ke pazcAta kisI nIca kulAtpannA kanyAko bhAgyavatI dekhakara usa zrImAna ne usa kanyA se saMbaMdha kiyaa| usa strI ke bhAgya se usakA gata vaibhava use pUnazca prApta huaa| inakI saMtAna tathA ina ke poravADa sAthI usa strI ke "padmAvatI" nAmake kAraNa " padmAvatI poravADa" kahAye / ina logoM ke vivAha ke samaya rApI ( camAroM kA ojAra ) kA upayoga karate haiM, yaha isI bAta kA pramANa mAnA jAtA hai| isa vyaMga pUrNa kathA meM dvaSa ke atirika satyatAkA pramANa pratIta nahIM hotaa| eTA ke ukta jJAtIya vakIla so se patra vyavahAra kiyA thA paraMtu uttara na milaa| vimala caritra meM ina jJAti bhedoM kA atyuttama nirNaya kiyA hai, aura vaha yathArtha pratIta hotA hai|
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________________ . . H 48 " yeSu sthAneSu ye yeSu vAsinaM baNijAH sthitaaH| teSAM tadayaTakena jJAti khyAteva bhUtale." // arthAt jo vaNika loga jisa sthAna meM jA vase ve usI sthAna kI aTaka se pahacAne gye| poravADoM kI vastI gujarAta, mAravADa, mAlavA, AbUkA nikaTa vartI pradeza aura bhArata ke anya prAMtoM meM hai| ina meM se saurASTrIya tathA kapola poravADa vaiSNava haiN| jAMgalA mukhyataH jaina hai| padmAvatI aura zuddha pArevADoM meM jaina vaiSNava donoM dharma ke pAlanevAle haiN| savAI mAdhavapura ke tarapha bhI poravADa haiM aura ve apane ko aThThAva se batAte haiM; aura apanI uptatti dasA vIsA bheda kI uptatti ke samaya se rekhAMkita karate haiN| ____ yahAM taka to prAMta vibhAga, nivAsa sthAna bhinnatA Adi kAraNoM se prAgvAToM meM--pArevADoM meM bheda honA pAyA gayA paraMtu gujarAta ke senApati vastupAla tejapAla ke samaya meM eka nayA vAdagrasta prazna upasthita huA aura usI kAraNa kevala pArevADoM meM hI nahIM kintu guja gata mAravADa nivAsI mahAjanoM kI 84 * hI jJAtiyoM meM dasA vIsA kA bheda (r) caurAsI mahAjana zAtiyoM kI nAmAvalIH (pratipannapAlI ) zrImAlI (-prakaTa patApa) pauruADa ( araDaka malla ) osavAla / ( bhalA dIsaI ) DA~sAvAla / DIDu / harasurA, vagheravAla bhAbhUkhaMDA, meDatavAla dAhiNa, surANA, khaMDerevAla, kathamaTiA, koTAvAla
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________________ uptanna huA jo ki Aja bhinna bhinna jJAtiyoM ke rupa meM dikhAI detA hai| dasA bIsA bheda kI utpatti / gujarAta mAravADa kI sabhI jJAtiyoM meM aisA saMkhyA vAcaka eka sarakhiA bheda kyoM huA aura kaba huA ? aise jijJAsu prazna upasthita hote haiM / aitihAsika praznoM kA vivaraNa tarka vitarka ke badale pramANa siddha hone kI AvazyakatA hotI hai; ataeva isa bAta kA khulAsA jina pramANoM se ho sakatA hai una kA anuzIlana hamane karanA cAhiye / nodhasona, jAilavAla. nAgara, nANAvAla, khaDAyatA, pallIvAla, jAlaharA, vAhaDA, citravAla, chAMyA, kapola puSkaravAla, jaMbUsarA, nAgadrahA, suhaDavAla, muDherA, karahiyA, ugravAla, bAMbhaNa, AJcittavAla, zrIguDa, gUjara, zrImAla prauDha, aDAlijA, mAMDaliyA. gAMbhuA moDha, lAhuA zrImAlI, lADa, bAMgaDA, soraThiyA poravAra, naya sahastakI, narasiMghapurA, hAlara, pacama kAyaurA, vAlmIka, kaMvotisurA, teluuTA, aSThavaprI / vaghaNurA, sirikhaMDerA mevADA bhauDiADhA, kATajiNaDA, jeharANA, sohariyA, dhAkaDAmuhavar2yA, bhADayA, mUMgaDiyA, hRvaMDa, nImA, maDAhaDA, brahmANA, vAgaDu, citrauDA, vighu mAthara, nAurA, padmAvatI, kAkalI, ANaM durA, mAMDerA, sAcurA golAvAla rAjaurA, lADIsakhA, dvIsakhA, caUsakhA,-koI jaina vidvAnane 'mahamadapAdasAha' isa lekha meM vi. saM. 1500 pahile likhA hai| [zrImAlImonA jJAti bheda pRSTa 233-34 ?
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________________ 50 prathama to dasA aura basA ye saMkhyA vAcaka zabda hote hue jJAtiyoM ko lagane se usakA kyA artha hotA hai aura ve kisa bAta ke sUcaka haiM, isakA ThIka ThIka khulAsA hone kI AvazyakatA hai / isa bAta kA khulAsA karanevAlA eka lekha sUrata jilA ke cikhalI tAlukA meM cikhalI se lagabhaga do kosapara majigAMva kI simA meM " mallikArjuna " mahAdeva ke maMdira meM milA hai / isa lekha meM " dazA - vIsA " ke artha kA spaSTa khulAsA kiyA gayA hai| yaha maMdira saMvata 1679 meM sUrata ke DIDU nAmaka mahAjana kA banavAyA huA hai / usa meM likhA hai ki:- mallikArjuna ke maMdira kA zilAlekha / zrIgaNezAyanamaH // saMvata 1679 varaSe zAke 1545 pravartamAne mate zrIsUrye grISama ra (RR) taiM mahAmaMgala prada vaizAkha mAse zukla pakSe 12 guruvAsareMsI nakSatre sidhI jo [ yo ] ge tadya prAraMbha prAsAda mUrta pAdasta zrI jAMgIra sAhA vijaya rAjye prANe cikhalI desAI nAmaka prAgajI bhrAtA sUrajI prAsAdaH kartA. sUrata baMdare vAstavya tapasI raghunAthabhaTa gIranArA AzirvAda pArekha mAdhavasuta parikha rAmA sUta parikha rAjapAla, sUta parIMkha kIkA sUta parIkha nAthajI bhAyA bAI babAI pitA parIkha sahastra kIrNa zIraMganI dIkarI tenA sUta 2 parIkha kahAna nI yI mAnabAI sIhA bhAI AnI dIkarI
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________________ teni sUta 4 tApIdAsa " talasIdAsa, govaMdadAsa, gokaladAsa bini " 1 bAI lADakI, bIju bhAI parIkha nAnanI bhAryA gurabAI tenu pitA vIrajI kahAnanI. dIkarI tenI sUta mohanadAsa gnAti zrI DIDU sAjani vasA 20 gotra devyA lekhAsara vAsa va sUtra " kArya kartA sArthI sAhAdevajI vAghajI kAsI A sUtradhAra bhIkhA galA pItu devajI sIraMga gobaMda traya peDhI mAtI somaparA zAkhA iMdu zalya bhI gotra devyA trIpura suMdarI vizvakarmA kule prAsAda kartA saM. 1686 varSe zAke 1551 pravartamAne mArgazIrSa mAse kRSNa pakSe 13 budhavAsare visAkhA nakSatre tadine kArya saMpUrNa ziva mallakA aryunanI krIpAthI kAryadApAdaA " [zrImAlionA jJAti bheda se ] isa lekha meM DIDU sAjanI vasA 20 aisA likhA hai| "vIsA DIDU" likhane ke badale "vasA 20" likhA hai arthAt vIsA aura "vasAvIsa" ye donoM eka hI arthaka bodhaka honA caahiye| vIsa vasA kA hiMdI artha bIsa visavA hai| // vIsa vasAyala vAMNiyo jutro te nAma kahAI ! AcAraja sthApana karI gaccha corAsI mAMhi // 52 // (ai. rAkhamAlA). vaNika guNa varNana karate samaya zAmalabhaTa kahate haiM ki vIza vasA nahi vaNika, jIbheje jUhUM bole, " , , , peTa no paDado khole,
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________________ vIsa vazA nAha vaNika, utAvaliyoM je thAe, , , vanitA zU vahe vAye, vaLI vIzavasA te vaNika nahIM ghaDyo rAvale jANiyo! je sasya taje zAmala kahe, vIza vazA nahIM vAliyo / jaina sAdhuoM ko "vIsa vizvA jIva dayA prati pAlaka" likhA jAtA hai| arthAta uttama kulavAna, saMpUrNa yogyatA vAlA vaha vIsa vilavA aura kama yogyatA vAlA kama visavA kA kahA jAtA hai| bahuta purAtana kAla se lekhoM meM vIsa visavA kA prayoga milatA hai| rAjA jayacaMdra ke yajJa meM nimaMtraNa kiye hue kAnyakubja brAhmaNoM ko unakI yogyatAnusAra eka visavA se vIsa visavA taka una ko sthAna diyA gayA thA / jaba manuSyoM meM vA koI vastuoM meM una ke guNAnusAra tulanAtmaka vicAra kiyA jAtA hai taba kahA jAtA hai ki " vaha manuSya vA vastu usa se vIsa visavA vA bIsI hai yA unnIsa visavA yA unnIsI hai|" mahAjano meM bhI dazA vIsA kA bheda isI arthAnulAra mAnA gayA honA cAhiye / 'vIsA' sarvottama 'dazA' nimna zreNi kA darzaka honA ukta pramANoM se siddha hotA hai / aba usakA bhedA bheda kyoM huA yaha batAne ke pahile uma ke samaya kA nirNaya karane kI AvazyakatA hai|
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________________ yaha samaya nirNaya karane ke vAste jaina zrAvakoM ne hamAre vAste bahuta kucha sAdhana upalabdha kara rakkhe haiN| jaina maMdiroM meM pASANa tathA dhAtu praNita mUrtiyoM para pratiSThA karanevAle kA nAma, usa kI do tIna pIDhIyoM ke pUrvajoM ke nAma, una kI jJAti kA nAma, jahAM pratiSThA kI ho vahAM kA nAma, una ke nivAsa sthAna kA nAma tathA saMvata miti Adi kurA huA milatA hai / isa ke atirikta pratiSThA karane vAle dharma guru una kA gaccha Adi kA gAma diyA huA hotA hai / mahAjanoM ke itihAsa lekhaka ko yaha bahuta acchA sAdhana hai / dasA vIsA ke bheda hone ke samaya nirNaya ko yahI eka mAtra upayogI tathA vizvasanIya sAdhana upalabdha hai| ina lekhoM meM jJAti ke ullekha kI jagaha kahIM dasA vIsA aura kahIM vRddha laghu zAkhA aisA likhA huA hai| ina lekhoM ko dekhane se mAluma hotA hai ki, arvAcIna eka do zatAbdiyoM ke prAyaH sabhI lekhoM meM isA, vosA, vA vRddha, laghu, zAkhA kA ullekha hai paraMtu isa ke pahile ke sabhI prAcina lekhoM meM isa bheda kA ullekha nahIM milatA / isa vAste arvAcIna lekhoM ko choDa prAcIna lekhoM kA hI vicAra Age kiyA hai; kintu pAThakoM ke vAcanArtha namune ke kucha lekha Age diye gaye haiN|
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________________ laghuzAkhA-prAgvATa [ poravADa ] navaghare kA mandira-dhAtu muurtipr| saM0 1433 ASADha zu0...prA. laghu0 vya0 AsA bhA0 lalata de...zrIpArzvanAtha biM0 kA0 zrIguNabhadra sUriNAmupadezena......" (zrI pU0 nAhara ke lekha saMgrahale ) vRddhazAkhA-zrImAla jnyaati| bhaDoMca ke zrIpArzvanAthajI ke mandira meM-dhAtu mUrtipara / stasti zrI saM0 1510 varSe phAguNa vadi 3 zukra vRddha zAkhIya zrImAla jJAti maM. cAMpA bhAryA vA0 jhamaku tathA putra godhAkena bhA. vA. kutigade putra sIhA pramukha sakuTuMba zreyortha zrIpArzvanAtha biMbaM kAritaM pratiSThitaM vRhattapApakSe bha. zrI vijaya tilaka sUripaTe bha. zrI vijayadharma sUribarendra / [zrI maNilAlajI ke 'zrImAlI onA jJAtibheda' se ] laghu saMtAna-zrI zrImAla / sUrata tAlAvAlA kI poLa meM maMdira svAmI ke derAsara meM pItala kI pratimApara kA lekha saM. 1511 varSe mAgha vadi 5 zukra zrI zrImAla vaMze laghu saMtAne va. mahuNA bhA. mANikade pu0 jagA bhAryA gaMgI .
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________________ 55 su. Avika yA zrI aMcala gaccha nAyaka zrIjayakesarI sUriNA - mupadezena svazreya se zrI kuMthunAtha biMbaM kAritaM pratiSThitaM zrI saMghena. // zrI . 11 [ ' zrImALIonA jJAti bheda' se ] vRddhazAkhA - prAgvATa / tIrtha zrI campApura-dhAtu mUrtipara | saM. 1581 varSe mAgha vadi 10 zukre zrI prAgvATa jJAti vRnnazAkhAyAM vya. sahasA su. vya. samadhara bhA. baDadhU su. vya, hemA bhAryA himAI suta vya tejA jIvA vardhamAna ete pratiSThApitaM zrI nigama prabhAvaka ANaMda sAgara sUribhiH // zrA zAMtinAtha vitraM zrIrastu zrIpattana nagare || * [ zrI. pU. nAhara ke 'jaina lekha saMgraha' se ] 5 vRddhazAkhA - prAgvAT / udayapUra- mevADa-zrIzItalanAthajI kA maMdira paMcatIrthI para saM. 1597 varSe posa vadi 5 sakare sahUolA vAstavya prAgvATa vRddha zAkhAyAM do0 vIrA bhA0 bhANA bhA0 bharamAde tenasA zreyase zrI AdinAtha biMbaM kA0 pra0 zrIjinasAdhusUribhi / [ zrI pUM0 nAhara ke jaina le0 saMgraha se ]
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________________ laghuzAkhA-prAgvATa / AgrA-voharana TolA meN| saM. 1710 va. je. su. 6 miti prAgvATa laghuzAkhAyAM zrI vya. maM. manajI kena supArzva biMba kAritaM / pratiSThitaM tapA vijayarAja sUrabhiH / vRddhazAkhA-prAgvATa / jesalamIra-seTha thIru sAhajI kA derAsara-paMcatIrtha saM. 1579 varSe vaizAkha sudi 12 ravI vRddha prAgvATa jhAtIya zre. sivA bhA. dharmiNI su. zre. hAMsA bhA hAsala de suta mUlA yutena svaya se zrI AdinAtha caturviMzati kA kAritA / pratiSTitA sAdhu pUrNimA pakSe bhaTTAraka zrI udayacaMdra sUri tatpahe bhaTTAraka zrI municaMdra sUribhirvidhinA // zrIcaMpaka nagara vAstavya // kalyANaMca // vRddhasajjanIya-osavAla / kuMbhAriyA ke maMdira kI pratimA para kA lekha : __saM0 1675 varSe mAgha zuddha caturthyAM-zanau--zrI upakeza zAtIya vRddha sajjanIya tapAgacche bhaTTAraka + + x" (tIrtha gAiDa).
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________________ 57 AcArya zrI buddhisAgarajI sUrikRta dhAtupratimA lekha saMgraha meM saM0 1495 ke eka lekha meM " ukezavaMze sAhuzAkhAyAM" aise zabda haiM / sAhU kA artha sajjana hai| vRddha zAkhAvAle apane gaurava ke vAste apanI tar3a ko yaha zabda lagAte honA cAhiye / isI saMgraha meM Age aise hI do lekha milate haiM / zrIyuta nAhara sAhaba ke lekha-saMgraha meM eka lekha sAdhuzAkhA nAma kA hai| arthAt isa zabda kI yojanA bIsA athavA vRddhazAkhA ke badale meM kI jAnA saMbhavanIya hai / isa saMgraha meM, saMvata 900 se 1500 taka ke 415 lekha meM la. zA. kA 1 saM. 1500 kA lekha hai / anya koI lekha nhiiN| saMvata 1500 ke pIche ke lekhoM meM yaha bhedAbheda dekhane meM AtA hai / saM. 1515 ke eka lekha meM "siddha saMtAne" likhA hai| saM. 1517 meM " laghusaMtAnIya dosI mahirAja" aisA likhA hai| saM. 1575 ke lekha meM " zrImAla jJA. laghusaMtAnIya" tathA saM. 1519 ke lekha meM " laghuzAkhAyAM" aisA likhA hai / pAThakoM ke avalokanArtha zrI. pUrNacaMdrajI nAhara ke saMpUrNa lekhasaMgraha kA dasAvIsA ke saMbaMdha kA dohana karake nimna Tebala meM batAyA hai|
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________________ zatAbdi. zrImAlI. poravADa. osavAla. vRddha. laghu. vRddha. laghu. vRddha laghu. 16vIM zatAbdi. 1 2 12 3 9 7 17,, ,, 8 0 9 lekhoMmeM ullekha9 lekhoMmeM ullekha 18,, ,, 4 1 3 0 3 1 19,, ,, kula 28 lekhoM meM se 13 vRddha-zAkhA ke aura eka laghu-zAkhA kA hai| ukta khulAse se prakaTa hotA hai ki vRddha-zAkhA bhinna nAma se pahicAnI gaI hai| jJAti-samUha ko sAjanU kahane kI prathA to lagabhaga bhI pracalita hai / arthAt "vRddhasAjana laghusAjana" kA artha samajhanA kaThiNa nhiiN| paraMtu vRddha laghu saMtAnIya "zabda gacchauM kI ziSya saMpradAI prathA kA dyotaka sA mAluma hotA hai paraMtu hai usakA saMbaMdha "dasA bIsA" inhI zabdoM se / "bRhata zAkhA laghu zAkhA " ye zabda baDI choTI zAkhA ko batAte haiN| "sAdhu [ sAhu ] zAkhA-vRddha zAkhA ye zabda vRddha zAkhA vAloM ne apane hI gaurava ke liye lagAye honA cAhiye / evaM ' vRddha' jagaha jitane bhI zabdoM kA prayoga huA hai vaha saba zreSThatA sUcaka hai / ataeva dasA bIsA kA bheda ina jJAtiyoM meM hone kA kAraNa bhI koI zreSTha kaniSThatA kA utyAdaka honA cAhiye / ukta anuzIlana se yaha bhI jJAta hotA hai ki vRddha zAmbA ke lekha adhika aura laghu zAkhA ke kama haiM usakA kAraNa bhI
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________________ 59 yahI hai ki vRddha zAkhA zreSThatA sUcaka hone se usakA upayoga loka adhika karate hoM tathA laghu zAkhA zabda laghutA kA darzaka hone ke kAraNa usakA upayoga karane meM loka anamAna karate hoM / sUrijI ke lekha saMgraha se tathA anyonya sthaloM ke lekhoM se pAyA jAtA haiM ki, lADa, kapola, moDha nAgara, vAghelA, nemA, khaMDAyatA, DisAvala, Adi gujarAta kI sabhI mahAjana jJAtiyoM meM prAcina kAla se dasA bIsA kA bheda hai| isa prakAra zrIyukta bAbU pUrNacaMdrajI nAhara ke jaina lekha saMgraha ke tInoM khaMDa dekhane se mAluma hotA hai ki, una meM ullikhita sataraha aTharAha jJAtiyoM meM se kevala zrImAla, poravADa tathA osavAla inhIM gujarAta vAsiyoM meM dasA bIsA kA bheda hai; paraMtu agravAla, pallIvAla Adi gujarAta ke bAhara kI jJAtiyoM meM isa bheda kA ullekha nahIM hai / arthAta isa bhedA bheda kA kAraNa gujarAta meM hI upasthita huA honA cAhiye aura vaha bhI saMvat 1400 pazcAt; kyoMki saM. 1443 ke pahile ke kisI lekha meM aisA ullekha abhI taka nahIM milA hai / vikrama kI AThavIM zatAbdI taka mahAjana jJAtise saMbaMdha rakhane vAle lekha milate haiM ataH isa samaya taka kA mahAjana jJAti kA svarupa samajhane ke vizvAsa pAtra sAdhana upalabdha haiM / ina saM. 800 se saM. 1433 taka ke kisI lekha meM dasA vIsA yA vRddha laghuzAkhA kA ullekha nahIM hai
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________________ yadi yaha bheda saM. 1436 ke pUrva kA hotA to isa saMbaMdha kA ullekha nyUnAdhikyatA se isa ke pUrva ke lekhoM meM avazya milatA / ina saba bAtoM se yahI niSkarSa nikatA hai ki, saMvat 1433 ke pahile hI koI esA mahatva kA kAraNa huA honA cAhiye aura usakA uttaradAyitvabhI aisI mahatva pUrNa vyakti ke tarapha honA cAhiye ki jisa ke kAraNa mahAjanoM kI caurAsIhI jJAtiyoM meM yaha bheda viplava huA / aba hameM dekhanA hai ki isa bheda kA svarupa kyA hai / yaha bheda svataMtra jJAti to nahIM hai ? yadi yaha svataMtra jJAti hotI to jaisI zrImAlI jJAti meM se nikalI anya jJAtiyoM ke nAma haiM vaise hI ina ke hote aura mUla jJAtiyoM ke nAmase dasA vIsA saMlagna na rahate; paraMtu aisA nahIM hai / jina jina jJAtiyoM meM yaha bheda huA hai, una una sabhI jJAtiyoM ke mUla nAma dasA vIsA ke sAtha juDe hue haiM / yathAH "dazA zrImAlI, vIsA osavAla, dasA lADa, vIsA poravADa" ,, isa para se yaha spaSTa hai ki " dasA vIsA koI svataMtra jJAti nahIM hai; kintu bhinna bhinna jJAtiyoM meM huI mata bhinnatA ke kAraNa paDe hue bheda urpha ( taMDa ) haiM / aba hama isa nirNaya taka pahuMca cuke haiM ki saM. 1433 ke pahile gujarAta kI 'mahAjana jJAtiyoM meM hI koI mahatva ke kAraNa se yaha bheda taTa ( taDa ) upasthita hue haiM, jo ki Aja taka usa mata
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________________ bhinnatA kA nipaTerA na hone se pracalita rahe haiN| sAMpa to nikala gayA kintu ghasITana aba bhI kAyama hai| yaha taDa kaba aura kyoM huI isa saMbaMdha ke koI pramANa upalabdha hoM to aba dekhanA caahiye| zrI jaina zvetAMbara kaoNnpharansa heralDa ke sana 1915 ke khAsa aMka meM " jaina asosiyezana oNpha inDiyA" kI aura se milI huI prAcIna prati anusAra " tapagaccha paTTAvalI " prasiddha kI gaI hai usa meM vastupAla tejapAla aura dasA vIsA ke saMbaMgha kI nimnokta hakIkata dI hai| " vastupAla tejapAlano saMbaMdha" " gujarAta dezamA dhulakA [dholakA ] nagaramAM uvaraDa gotramA prAgvATa jJAtimAM zAH AsarAja rehetA htaa| te pATaNamAM vastra vyApAra arthe AvyA / tyAM hATa mAMDo rahyo / mAlasuda gAMmabhAM vyApAra kare cha / ekadAM paMcAsarA pAsanI yAtrA kari dharma zAlAmAM citravAla gacchanAM zrIbhuvanacaMdra sUrine vAMdI beTho / evAmAM tyAM zrImAlI jJAtino vaNahara gotrano zA AMbo tenI strI lakSmI ane tenI putrI bAla vidhavA kuMvara nAmanI te zrI gurune vAde cha / eTalAmAM gurune vAMdatA thakAM zrI sUrie vAlakukSIe talavraNa dekhI mastaka dhuNAvyU tyAre pAse beThelA ziSye kahayuM " zrI guru ! Ay kAraNa zuM ?" gurue kahayu,
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________________ AvI kukSImAM yugma putra vastupAla tejapAla nAmeM ghaNA punya karaNInA kAraka thaze ane tenA nAma AcaMdrArka rheshe| " te guru kathana nA vacana zA. AsarAje saaNbhlyaa| keTalAka divase pUrva karma saMcayanA yogathI te banneno saMga thayo, eTale tyAMthI te baMne palAyana thayA / mAMDalika [ mAMDala ] nagare jaI rahyA / anukrame vikrama saM. 1260 varSa vastupAlano janma thayo / punaH ekaso ane pacAsa pAnana ne [ ? ] aMtare tejapAlano janma thayo / te AsarAje pahelA gurue je nAma kahayAM hatA teja nAma ApyA / evAmAM mAlava dezamA nalavara nagaramAM zAli nAme kuMmara prakaTa thayo / tene manuSya Dholo nAma kahe cha / vIradhavalanA rAjyamA punaH vikrama saM.. 1241 mAM lAkho phalANI thayo / eTale vastupAla tejapAla mAMDila nagaramAM varSa pAMcanA thayA / tyAre tyAM manuSye jJAta pUchI, eTale tyAMthI AsarAja pazcima dizAe thaI devakI pattane rahyo / tyAM manuSyoe bAlakane moTA tejavaMta joI ThAma ThikANUM pUchayUM eTala tyAMthI ghoDiAla gAmamA potAne deza AvI rahyA / tyAM varSa AThanA be bAlaka thayA tyAre ghI kUpikAno vyApAra karyo / evAmAM tyAM bhuvanacaMdra sUrI vihAra karatA AlyA / zA. AsarAja ne kuMvara strI ne olakhyA / gurue banne bAlaka punyavaMta jaannyaa| tyAre zrIgurue vikrama saMvata 1269 nA varSamA vastupAlane jina zAsanamAM kIrti kAraka uttama yogya jANI aMbikA ane kavaDa yakSa vara dIdho / * * * keTaleka divase sA AsarAja
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________________ 63 tyAMthI kuMvarane laIne banne baMdhava sAthe dhavalaka nagaramAM AvI hyA / tyAMthI guru Apela varanA mahimA thI dine dine vyApAra thI udayavaMta thayA / evAmAM vikrama saMvata 1274 varSamAM vastupAlane lalitA de sAthe pANigrahaNa thayuM / evAmAM mAtA kuMvara svargavAsa thayo / agyAra divasane aMtare pitAzrI AsarAjano svargavAsa thayo / AvarIte 18 varSa vyApAramA thayA / teja varSe aMbikA ane kavaDa yakSanI kRpA thI rAja zrI vIra dhavala vastupAlane ghaNA Agrahe maMtripada ApyU, teTalAmAM tyAM bhaMDArI pada tathA maMtripadanA tilaka karavAnA avasare maMtri vastupAla jJAti trIsa pATaNa pAkhale poSato hato / evAmAM pATaNama nagara zreSThIne ghera bhaviSyatAnA yoge notaraM visaryudevAyuM nahi / ajANa paNe te zeThano putra varSa 13 no te sAmAnya pazuM - sAmAnya sthiti thavA thI ghI tela haladara hIMga cI bore [ be prahare ] ghera Avyo / eTale potAnI mAtAne rudana karatI dIThI / A dekhI putra kahayuM, " A kema ? " tyAre mAtA kahayuM, apaNA pATaNa nagaranA mukhya zreSThI tArA pitAnuM maraNa tArA bAlapaNAthI thayuM che / dravya paNa nahIM tethI ApaNe ghera notaruM [ nuhutaru ] na AvyuM / ane e rAja maMtra bhAgyavaMta thayo paNa chidra sahita che * * * Ama vicArI veNI e badhI beTA AgaLa AsarAja prAgvAT, kuMvara bAla vidhavAe zrImAlI, maMtrine moTo chidra e che / AvAta putrane saghalI kahI / A sAMbhalI beTAne harSa thayo / eTalAmAM jyAM 66
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________________ 64 samagra sAjano bhojana kare che mukhya gRhastha harSamAM beThA vArtA kare che, tyAM teNe AvI corAsI sAjanAnI AjJA kahI-mAMgI be hAtha joDI mAtAe je viparita vAta [ potAnI mAne nAtalaM karavAnI rajA ApavA ] kahI hatI te badhI vAta sakala sAjana ne karI, tyAre tene sAjanAe kahathu, re tuM koNa ghara ? Apattana mAM mukhya thaIne A kevI vAta kahI ? lAjato nathI ? eTale teNe maMtrInI uptatti saghalI vRddha gRhastho pAse prkaashii| AsAMbhaLI sakala lajjAvaMta thayA / cittamAM sadeha pettho| sakalasamAja ne tenI vRddha mAtA ne pUchayUM tegIe kahayuM mukhya ghare notarUM nahIM ane tene tame dravya khAtara gayA, paNa tame sakala sAjano jaI baruDI gAmamAM tenI utpattinA kAraka zrI bhuvanacaMdra guru sapta gotrI Ane puucho| tethI sAjanAe badhUM guru ne pUchayUM tyAre zrI gurue yathArtha vAta kahI diidhii| eTale te pATaNe AvyA maMtrI nI vAta mAho mAhI kahevAtAM nagaramAM ane anya gAma mAM vistrii| eTale tyAMthI vikrama saMvat 1275 varSa mAM mantrI vastupAla ane teja pAla thI prAgvATa laghuzAkhA pragaTa thii| eTale, svajJAtinA parajJAtinA durbala grahastane bhojana mAM teDI kavale kavale suvarNa mahora daI svajJAti vadhArI nAma rAkhyU / sakala jJAti laghuzAkhA pragaTa thaI / eTale zrI bhuvanacaMdra sUri vihAra karatA pATaNa AvyA / mahA mahotsave zAlAe padharAvyA / tyAM comAsu rahyA / maMtrI vastupAla guru vacana thI paMcAzvara
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________________ mAsa prAsAde varSamA cAra prauDha ratha-yAtrA nipajAvI / karIcAra vAra prauDha sAdharmika ne saMtoSyA * * * zrImaMta maMtrIe saMghayAtrAnA dareka manuSya ne pATaNamAM suvarNa mahora dIdhI * * * 8 koDI ane 93 lAkha TakA yAtrA snAna, prasAda biMdha sthApanAe zrI puMDarika girIe Atma hetunA kAraNa mATe chuTabhI vAparyo / valI aThAraha koDI ane 83 lAkha TakA zrI rebatA cale sutatie-chuTa thI kIdhA-kharcA punaH bAraha koDI ane 53 adhika zrI arbudA cale suttatie kiidhaa| eTale ogaNIsa koDI eMsI lAkha hajAra vIsa hajAra navase ane navANuMTakA te nava cokaDI euNA eTalo dravya maMtrI zrI vastupAle prihuM tethI suttatie kIdhA / punaH kavita, pAMca araba ne kharaba kIdha jeNi jimaNa bAraha, sAta araba ni kharaba dadhi duvvala parivAraha, dravya pacAsiya koDi kIdha bhojaka vara bhaTTAM, sattANue koDI phala taMbolI haTTAM, caMdana cIra kapUra maI koDI bahuttari kApaDe, poravAr3a vaMza zravaNe zruSyo zrI vastupAla mahi maMDale // vastupAla tejapAla kA rAsa / saMvata 1721 meM anuvAdaka paMDita meruvijaya, apane rAsa meM vastupAla tejapAla ke jJAti bhojana kA vicAra varNaNa isa taraha karate hai: bhupata meM bhalU sAjanUM, nAtasamo nahi koya, ema jANI maMtrI valI, sAjanuM mele soya, nAtacorAzi tyAM vase, maMtrI dIye jhAjhA mAna, dhavalaka pura raliyAmaNuM tyAMnAta milI abhirAma // 4 //
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________________ 66 isa ke Age kavine 84 jJAti ke nAma batAye haiM / tatpazcAt peherAmaNI dene ke samaya dholakA kI yazodhara poravADa kI strI apanA choTA lar3akA devadatta ko sAtha lekara vahAM upasthita huI, aura kahane lagI ki, merI yuvA avasthA hai, mairAlar3akA - choTA hai, maiM punarvivAha karanA cAhAtI hUM. ataH paMca mujhe aisA karane kI paravAnagI deveM / yaha sunatehI paMcoM meM saMnnATA chAyA, taba kavI kahatA hai : nArI vacana te sAMbhaLIre; sAjana dahuM dize jAya, vArU vAMNiyore, pradhAna pAse jetA rahyAre, te laghuzAstrA kahivAya, nAnho bAluDeAre. pAge lAgI maMtrI vInavere, sAjanAsUM jAra na thAya, vArU vANiyore, lAje paDyA ketA vAMNiyAre, pradhAnanI bAMha sAya, nAnho vAluDore, laghu zAkhA tihAM thApatAM re, nija nija nyAta kahivAyake, vArU vAMNiyore, zAkhA prazAkhA prastarIre, vIjo nahIM kisI anyAyare, nAnho vAluDore yazomatI nyAta ajU cAlatIre, rAkhyo nyAno baMdha ke, bArU bAMNiyore, vRddha zAkhI te jANiyaire, laghu vastupAlathI saMgha ke, nAndo vAluDore, 1
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________________ aMta meM kavi likhatA hai ki:"zrAvaka jana sahu Agare mheM, caritra racyo rasAlore, laghu prabaMdha vastupAla taNo, joI rAsa racyo suvizAlare. isase jJAta hotA hai ki, yaha rAsa lokAgraha se satyapUrNa racA gayA hai| saM. 1578 meM saubhAgya naMdisUrikRta vimala-caritra meM likhA hai kiHprAgvATAdyA viMzati vIMzopakA jJAtayo bhavaMtyasmAt / dazate strI saMgrahe madyAdinI vRttito dazavai // 61 // ubhayaguNA ropaNa to viMzopakA vizaMti sphAra teSAM / ekataga ropaNAttasmAdardha meSAmanAcare // 62 // vyavasthA miti ye mAM lApayati ataH prN| kSepyAsta laghuzAkhAyAM vRddha zAstrIya paMktitaH // 65 // arthaH-isameM se poravADa Adi jJAtiyoM meM vIsA jJAtiyAM huii| jinhoMne parastrI grahaNa kI ve dasA tathA madya Adika halakA dhandA karane vAle bhI dasA kahAye / mAtApitA ke donoM pakSa jisake pUrNa hoM vaha vIsA athavA jo uttama kulazIla kA ho vaha vIsa bisavA aura ekahI guNakA ho vaha ardha evaM dasA kahAyA * * * isake pazcAt jo manuSya isa vyavasthA kA bhaMga kare vaha bRddha-zAkhA meM se laghuzAkhA meM DAla diyA jaave|
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________________ "prabaMdha ciMtAmaNi" graMtha meM vastupAla tejapAla ko hI isa bheda ke utpAdaka batAye haiN| yathA " mantriNastu janmavArtA caiv| kadAcicchImatpattane bhaTTAraka zrI haribhadra sUribhivyAnAvasare kumAra debya bhidhAnA kAcidvidhavAtIvaH rUpavatI muhurmuhu nirIkSyamANA sthita syAzarAja mantriNazcittamAcakarSa / tadvisarjanA naMtaraM mantriNA. nuyuktA gurava iSTa devatA dezAdamuSyAH kukSau sUryacaMdramasA - vinamavatAraM pazyAmaH tatsAmudrikA nibhUyo vilokitavaMta iti prabhorvijJAta tattvaH satAmapahRtya nijAM prayesIM kRtavAn / kramAtasyA udare'vatIrNo tAveva jotiSkendrA viva vastupAla tejaH pAlAbhidhAnau sacivAvabhUtAM / __jaina "dhAtu pratimA lekha saMgraha" meM AcArya zrI buddhi sAgara sUri likhate haiM kiH ... " vastupAla tejapAle paNamA 84 jAtanA vaNiko ne jamavAne mATe notayA~ htaa| tatsamaye pATaNamAM nagara zeThanI padavI vIzA zrImAlI ne dhera htii| te vakhate nagara zeThano putra nAno hato / tethI tene 84 jAtanA jaina vANiyA bhegA thayA te avasare bolAvavAmAM Avyo na hoto| tethI tenI mAtAe putrane uzkeryo ane kahU ke vastupAla tejapAlanI mAtAe punarlagna karyA cha ne tenA vastupAla tejapAla ve putro cha / jAtanA vANiyA oe vAtanI tapAsa krii| te bAta sAcI TharI tethI jamaNamAM bhaMgANa paDavA mAMDayU / je poravADa pakSanAM
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________________ vastupAlanA pakSamA rahI jamaNamAM bhAga lIdho te sarva vaNiko dazA zrImAlI, dazA osavAla, dazA poravADa tarIke prasiddha thayA ane jeoe jamavAmAM bhAga lIdho nahIM teo bIzA zrImAlI vagaire tarIke prasiddha thyaa|" __ jaina kAnpharansa heralDa meM zrI amaracaMdajI pI paramAra ne likhA hai 'kaH " pATaNa gujarAtamAM vastupAla tejapAla nAmanA be nAmAMkita jaina bhAiyo hatA, te oe...... saM. 1275 nI Asa pAsamAM AbU upara ArasanA bhavya maMdira, aneka dAnazAlAo, vAvo, dharmazAlAo vagaire baMdhAvyAM hatAM teoe AvU upara saM. 1275 nA varSamA eka bhavya jamaNa jainoM ne ApyUM hto| temAM jamavA javAnI bAbatamAM amuka kAraNesara vAMdho paDyo hto| keTalAeka loko teonA pakSamA rahIne jamavA gayA hatA ane bIjA nahIM gayA hatA / jeo jamavA na hotA gayA teo potAne vIsa vizvAnA gaNI janavA janArAone dasA (halakA) kahIne bolAvavA lAgyA; ane potAne vIsA kahI olakhAvyA / e jaino moTI saMkhyAmA AbU para pratiSThA karavA gaelA hobAthI temAM ghaNI jAtIo hatI / tezIja tyAM gallA osavAla, zrImAlI, poravADa hUdaDa, bhImA koramAM bIsA olavAla dasA ora vAla ityAdi jAti bAla jovAmAM Aveche, paNa dasAnI jAni bahUja juja jovAmAM Ave ch|
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________________ 70 - " mahAjana vaMzamuktAvalI" ke aMtameM kharataDa gaccha kI paTTAvalI prasiddha kIgaI hai usameM jinapattisUri kI hakIgata meM likhA hai ki, inoM ke samaya citrAvAla gacchI caityavAsi jagazcaMdra sUrine vastupAla tejapAla kI bhaktise kriyA uddhAra karA / tapa karaNe se citoDa ke rANAjIne saM0 1985 meM " tapA" viruda diyA / vastupAla tejapAla lahuDI jJAta osavAla, poravAla, zrImAliyoM meM karaNe vAlA mAyA kA akhuDa bhaMDArIne inoMkA naMdI mahotsava karA / jisane jagaccaMdra sUri kI sAmAcArI kabUla karI usa garIba ko zrImaMta baNAte gayA / isa prakAra vastupAla tejapAla kI hayAti se bahuta pIche taka sabhI vivdAnoMkA dasA bIsA bheda ke saMbaMdha meM bilakula eka mata hai| ina pramANoM ke aMtara vivaraNoM meM aMtara hai to bhI " vastupAla tejapAla vidhavA jAta putra hone se mahAjana jJAtiyoM meM dasA bIsA kA bheda utpanna huA isa saMbaMdha meM sabhI kI eka vAkyatA hai"| saM0 1298 meM vastupAla svargavAsI hue aura terahaso ATha [ 1308 ] meM tejapAla . kA dehAMta huA / ina ke pazcAt 53 ve varSa meM vaDhavANa meM prabaMdha ciMtAmaNI kI samApti huI, saM0 1361 meN| yaha bilakula nikaTavarti kAla hai /
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________________ dUsare usa samaya vastupAla tejapAla ke putrAdi vaMzaja hayAta the ora yaha bAta ghara ghara meM mAluma honA saMbhava nahIM thI, paraMtu isa meM dazA vIsA kA ullekha kyoM nahIM kiyA ? yaha prazna upasthita hotA hai| isake uttara meM anumAnataH yahI kahanA hogA ki ukta graMtha prabaMdha-saMgraha hai, naki jJAtiyoM kA itihAsa / dUsare usa samaya isa bheda ko taDa ( taTa ) kA rUpahI hogA aura usakA samajhotA honekI logoMko AzA hogii| vastupAla tejapAla jaisI pradhAna rAjamAnya yazasvI tathA dAnavIra vyAkta ko unake aMtake 53 varSa pIche hI asatya kalaMka laganA sahaja nahIM hai; ataeva ukta pramANoM se jo dasA vIsA ke bhedakA kAraNa nizcita huA hai vaha bilakula yathArtha hai| - murtiyoM ke lekhoM se yadi dekhA jAye to sa. 1133 ke pahile dasA vIsA kA bheda honA mAlUma hotA hai / itihAsa hame dikhatA hai ki, pATaNa ke gajadAra meM mahAjanoM kI bahuta calatI thI aura unheM vahAM bahuta mAna sanmAna milatA thA / vahAM para rAjya meM kartA-hartA mahAjana hI the / vaha samaya siddharAja tathA kumArapAla kA zAsana kAla thA aura usI samaya mAravADa Adi prAMtoM se mahAjana loga Akara gujarAta meM base haiN| yadi dasA bIsA kA bheda gujarAta se bAhara aura kahIM paDA hotA to mAravADa, mAlavA, se gujarAta meM jAkara basane vAle logoM meM bhI vaha pAyA jAtA; paraMtu
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________________ aisA nahIM hai| yaha bheda na to akele gujarAtiyoM meM hI hai aura na akele mAravADa mAlavIyoM meM hI hai, kiMtu sabhI meM pAyA jAtA hai / isase siddha hotA hai ki, siddharAja kumArapAla ke samaya saMvat 1200 ke pIche aura saMvat 1433 ke pahile ke madhyavartI kAla meM yaha ghaTanA huI honA cAhiye / vahAM vastupAla, tejapAla kA samaya bilakula ThIka milatA hai, aura UparI nidarzita pramANoM se yahI kAraNa vizvasanIya pratIta hotA hai| [vi. saM. 1275 ] ke mata bheda se taTa [taDa] honA aura taDa ko jJAti kA rUpa prApta honA isako 100 varSa kA samaya laganA koI adhika nahIM hai / taDa se jJAti kaise bnii| koI bhI jJAti meM taDa paDatI hai to vaha prAyaH mata bheda, mAnasanmAna, ApasI dveSa Adi kAraNoM se hI paDatI hai / ina taDoM ke utpAdakoM meM tathA puSTikArakoM meM kitanA bhI mata bheda vA vituSTa huA to bhI ve eka dUsare ko vijAtIya nahIM mAnate, aura eka na eka dina phirase sammilita hone kI AzA rakhate haiN| yadi sAdhAraNa mata bheda ho to taDa kA nipaTerA sulabhatA se ho jAtA hai anyathA jAtIya dveSa tathA mAna sanmAna mUlaka taDa nyAyAnyAya choDakara Tara kA
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________________ 73 rUpa dhAraNa kara letI hai, aura usake mUla utpAdaka divaMgata hue binA vA mUla kAraNa kA samajhotA yA vismaraNa hue binA unhoM meM ekya hotA nahIM / vastupAla tejapAla ke samaya kI taDa, matabheda, dveSa tathA mAna sanmAna mUlaka hone se usakA nipaTerA nahIM huaa| kabhI kabhI mUla utpAdakoM ke pIche unake saMtAnoM meM samajhotA hokara aikya ho jAtA hai; paraMtu yadi saMtAna dara saMtAna- pIDhI dara pIDhI, usa dveSa vRkSa kA sIMcana hotA rahe athavA vraNa ko ThIka na hone dete use bigADane kA hI prayatna hotA rahe kiMvA ayogya dharma viruddha vA jAti prathA se viparIta kArya karane vAle aura bhI dUSita loka taDa meM samaya para saMmilita kara liye gaye to kaI sAla pazcAt taDakA rUpa badala kara unako bhinna bhinna jJAti kA svarupa prApta honA saMbhavanIya hai / aisI hAliyata meM nirdoSa ta ucca zreNIkI tathA dUSita taDa nimna zreNIkI kahI jAnA ayathArtha nahIM hotA / pahile taDako zAkhA nAma se jAnA jAtA thaa| zAkhA mUla vRkSa kI DAliyAM huA karatI haiM ataeva mUla ko vRddha aura nava vikasita ko laghu kahanA bhI ayogya nahIM / yahI sababa hai ki ina donoM ko " vRddha zAkhA laghuzAkhA kA nAma diyA gayA 1 99 * taDapaDane ke anya kAraNoM meM se mukhya kAraNa aisA mahatva purNa hai ki, usa samaya se doso cAraso varSa Age taka
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________________ 74 logoM ke dhArmika tathA ucca kula vA ucca jAtIyatA ke bhAvoM para kuThArAghAta kiye binA aikya honA azakya thA / usa samaya to ThIkahI, aba bhI bhArata meM ucca ginI jAnevAlI jAtiyoM meM pratiloma saMbaMdha kI prajA nimna zreNi hI kI ginI jAtI hai aura usa ke sAtha khAnAdi vyavahAra bhI nahIM kiyA jAtA ataH vastupAla tejapAla aura una ke sAthiyoM ko apanI apanI ucca zreNi kI mukhya jJAtiyoM se alaga honA par3A isa meM Azcarya kyA ? aura aise nimna samajhe gaye bahiSkRta loga sammilita na kiye jAne se una kI dasA nAma se saMlagna alaga alaga jJAtiyAM hI banI rahI isa meM bhI Azcarya kyA ? eka kI phUTa caurAsI meM kyoM ? zrImAla meM jo bhinna bhinna mahAjana jJAtiyAM banI una pracalita thA, aura bRhata 1 kA ApasI khAna pAnAdi vyavahAra bhoja ke samaya ve saba ekatra huA karatI thI / bhinnamAlase jAkara gujarAta Adi prAMtoM meM jo bhI mahAjana loka jA base to bhI unakA paraspara vyavahAra sthagita hone kA kahIM udAharaNa nahIM miltaa| vidhavA jAta putra vastupAla tejapAla ko poravADa jAti yadi grahaNa karatI to anIti kA Adara tathA sabhI mahAjana jJAti se vibhaktatA hotI / arthAt mahAjanoM kI prathAnusAra aisA karanA sabhI ekatrita mahAjana jJAtiyoM ke
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________________ adhikAra meM thaa| evaM sabhI ko isa kA vicAra karanA par3A aura sabhI meM mata bheda upasthita huA / inameM eka pakSa nIti aura pracalita jJAti-prathAoM kA abhimAnI aura dUsarA adhikAra tathA lakSmI kA dAsa banakara anIti ko apanAnevAlA huaa| isa prakAra kevala poravADa meM hI nahIM sabhI mahAjana jJAtiyoM meM yaha pakSa bheda hokara sabhI meM dasA bIsA kA bhUta khaDA huA / jisa samaya yaha bheda upAsthita huA usa samaya vidhavA vivAha baMda thA ataH samayAnusAra jo huA so viparItahI huA, paraMtu jaba hameM itihAsa dikhAtA hai ki, kevala eka bidhavA ko saMtatI ke kAraNa dasA poravADa mUla poravADoM se alaga kiye gaye to vidhavA vivAha ke himAyatiyoM ko cAhiye ki, vidhavA vivAha jJAti meM pracalIta karate samaya dasAoM ko mUla jJAti meM sammilita kara leveM / kyoMki phira dasA aura vIsA meM bheda bhAva vA ucca-nimnatA kA prabha hI kahAM rahA / yoM to dasAoM me vidhavA vivAha pracalita kiyA gayA nhiiN| kevala vidhavA jAta saMtAna kA pakSapAta kiyA gayA hai / paraMtu Ajakala vidhavA vivAha kA prazna bahuta mahatva kA tathA vicAraNIya ho rahA hai, aura isa saMbaMdha kA vicAra hone kI AvazyakatA hai| paraMtu yahA viSayAMtara ke bhaya se lekhanI ko rokanAhI ThIka hogaa| astu ! isa prakAra uccanIca
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________________ vA dasA vIsA mAnate mAnate saM0 1275 se Ajataka lagabhaga 711 varSa ho cuke / vIsa varSa kI eka pIDhI isa nyAya se usa samaya ke pazcAt prAyaH 35 pIDhiyAM ho cukI, paraMtu aba mI dasA to dasA hI rahe unameM uccatA na AI / vidhavA jAta putroM ke sAtha strAne meM yadi itanI pIDhiyoM se bhI adhika taka manuSya ko nIcatA prAtpa hotI hai to hoTaloM meM tathA relve meM kaI samaya nimna zreNI ke logoM ke sAtha bhojana karane meM athavA abhakSyAbhakSiyoM ko jJAti meM sammilita rakhane meM hama ko na mAluma kitanI pIDhiyoM taka nIcatva prAtpa honA cAhiye; paraMtu isakA koI vicAra karane vAlA hai nahIM / bAdazAhI samaya meM hiMduse musalamAna bane hue aba zuddha ho sakate haiM paraMtu durbhAgya vaza dasA bIsA kA aikya honA saMbhavanIya nhiiN| kyA ! pAThaka isakA vicAra kareMge ? poravADa jJAtikA -hAsa ho rahA hai to bhI dalA bIsA, mAlavI, gujarAtI, mAravADI, zrImAlI, jAMgaDA, padmAvatI, jaina, vaiSNava, Adi bheda to jaise ke taise pracalita haiN| hamArA itihAsa Aja sapramANa siddha kara rahA hai ki, ukta bheda koI bheda nahIM hai / dasA bIsA ke atirikta bAkI sabhI bheda kevala nivAsa sthAna bhinnatA tathA dharma bhinnatA ke hI haiM / haiM saba prAgvATa [ poravADa ] phira aisA dvaita, aisA bhedabhAva kyoM ? jaba pravAsa ke sulabha sAdhana na the, patra vyavahAra kI sUvyavasthA na thI, jAna mAla surakSita na thA taba ke paDe hue bhedoMko Aja bhI vaise hI mAnakara
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________________ lakIra ke phakIra bane rahanA yaha kaunasI vidvattA ? yaha kaunasA nyAya !! isa saMkucitatAse aba na jJAtikI vRddhi hogI, na jJAti meM aikya hogA, aura na jJAti saMgaThita hogii| yadi jJAti ko nAmazeSa na hone denA hai, yadi pUrvajoM kA gaurava sthAyi rakhanA hai, to zanaiH zanai poravADa mAtra ne eka honA cAhiye / paraspara roTI beTI byavahAra pracalita karanA cAhiye, aura khoyA huA vaibhava phirase prApta karake bhArata meM nahIM nahIM, saMsArabhara kI sabhya jJAtiyoM meM apane ko dhanya kahalA lenA cAhiye / astu ! ___ dasA bIsA ke bheda kA yahAM taka vicAra huA aura yaha sapramANa siddha huA ki: ( 1 ) dasA, bIsA jJAti kI do taDa (taTa) haiN| bhinna bhinna jJAtiyAM nhiiN| (2) yaha bhedAbheda vastupAla tejapAla ke vidhavA jAta hone ke kAraNa saM. 1275 meM huaa| (3 ) gujarAta kI prAyaH sabhI mahAjana jhAtiyoM meM yaha bheda hai| anya prAMta ke mahAjanoM meM nhiiN| ataH siddha hotA hai ki, mAravADa, mAlavA. dakSiNa Adi pradezoM meM jo jo mahAjana dasA vIsA kahe jAte haiM ve mUla zrImAla (bhinnamAla ) tathA gujarAta se nikale hue haiN|
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________________ 78 poravADoM kA zrImAla parityAga / zrImAla purANa meM kahA hai ki vikrama saM. 1203 kI vaizAka sudi 8 ko devI lakSmI gujarAta khaMDa meM pATaNa nagara ko jAvegI, aura lakSmI ke gamana ke pazcAt zrImAla nagara zUnya hogA, tathA he rAjA !! isa ke pIche yaha nagara "bhinnamAla" khaavegaa| lakSmIjI jAvegI arthAt zrImAlI loka nirdhana hokara sthAna bhraSTa hoMge / (pR. 668) "sohaMkularatna paTTAvalI meM likhA hai ki " saM. 1313 meM rAva kAnhaDajI ne purAnA kheDA bhinnamAla basAyA" lokAgaccha kI paTTAvalIpara se buddhiprakAza meM prakAzita huA hai ki " saMvata 1175 pIche mAravADa meM dvAdaza varSIya duSkAla huaa| buddhiprakAza ke sana 1868 ke pRSTa 246 meM nimnokta caupAI hai: " agyAra se chotara no duSkAla, bhAMgI paDayUM te. pura bhinnamAla, rAjA hato pATaNa siddharAja AvI vasyo tyAM saghalo samAja."
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________________ " saMvata 1 75-76 meM jaba kaDabA kuNabiyoM kA jathA mAravADa se pATaNa AyA taba siddharAjane una ko ujhe meM sthAna diyA / " ityAdi pramANoM se mAluma hotA hai ki saMvata 1175-76 athavA lagabhaga 1200 ke samaya zrImAla nagara kA loka samudAya vahAM se cala kara gujarAta jAMgala Adi dezoM meM jA basA thaa| arthAt usI samaya poravADa bhI zrImAla kA tyAga kara gujarAta, jAMgala, padmAvatI Adi samRddhizAli sthAnoM meM jA bse| siddharAjane jUnAgaDa hastagata karane ke bAda saurASTra ke sUbhAyata para zrImAliyoM kI sthApanA kI isa se to saurASTra ( kAThiyAvADa , meM zrImAliyoM ko basane kI acchI saMdhI mila gii| yahI kAraNa hai ki gujarAta kAThiyAvADa meM zrImAliyoM kI aba bhI bahuta vastI hai / pATaNa kI unnati bhI isI kAraNa huI / jaba zrImAliyoM ko vyApAra ke vAste sthAna kI AvazyakatA thI usI samaya saurASTra vijaya hone se siddharAjane ina logoM ko vasAhata ke vAste saurASTra diyA aura vaha zrImAliyoM se tvarita bhara gyaa| vaise hI karNadevake samaya lATa vijaya hokara zrImAliyoM ko vahAM kI sUbhAyata milI aura vahAM jAkara basane kA zrImAliyoM ko avasara milA, aura ve kAlAMtara se lADa kahalAye /
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________________ zrImAla se jAMgala deza bhI bahuta pAsa honese kaI zrImAlI usa deza meM bhI jA vase, aura kAlAMtara se 'jAMgalA (jAMgaDA poravADa) kahAte haiN| ye loka mukhyataH jaina haiN| isa zAkhA ke covIsa gotra mAne jAte haiM yathAH caudharI, kAlA, dhanagara, ratanAva, dhanota, majAvaryA, DabakarA, bhAdaliyA, kAmaliyA, zeThiyA, udhiyA, vekhaMDa, bhUta, pharakyA, bhalepariyA, maMdovariyA, muniyA, ghAMTiA, galiyA, naveparyA, dAnagaDa, mahatA, kharaDiyA, aura bhesotaa| - isI samaya padmAvatI nagara bhI unnatAvasthA ko pahuMcA huA thaa| vahAMpara zrImAliyoM kA jA basanA asaMbhava nhiiN| vahAM rahanevAle padmAvatI kahAye / padmAvatI aura jAMgaDA poravADoM ke saMbaMdha ke adhika pramANa abhI upalabdha na honese vistAra pUrvaka likha nahIM sakate paraMtu isa me saMdeha nahIM ki, poravADa nAma dharAnevAlI bhinna bhinna jJAtiyAM ekahI mUla vRkSakI zAkhAeM haiM, aura isa vRkSakI jar3eM zrImAla nagara meM bahuta gaharI jamI huI haiN| poravAr3a jJAti kA mahAsthAna zrImAla nagara hI hai / jo bhI ve cakravartI pururavA ke pUrva se bheje hue zrImAla ke rakSaNakartA yoddhA the aura jo bhI unakA khAsa nivAsa pUrva meM pururavA ke rAjya meM thA to bhI va zrImAla meM Ane ke pazcAt hI "prAgvATa" (poravADa-poravAla) kahAye / zrImAla meM Ane ke pahile eka pramANa se ve pururavA ke
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________________ dasa hajAra putra kahe jAsakate haiM paraMtu asaMbhava ko saMbhavanIya kahanA ayathArtha hai / pururavA ko dasa hajAra putra honA saMbhavanAya nahIM; tobhI prajA putra samAna hI hone ke kAraNa purANa lekhaka asatya kA doSI nahIM hotaa| ye dasa hajAra puruSa kSatriya yoddhA honA ThIka aura sayuttika hai| evaM zrImAla ko Ane ke pazcAta hI ye dasa hajAra yoddhA samuccayarUpa meM "prAgvATa kahAye" etadartha poravADoM kI utpatti zrImAla se kahanA hI ThIka hai| ukta zrImAla nagara jo bhI dvAdaza varSIya duSkAla ke kAraNa naSTa hogayA hai to bhI poravADa tathA anya zrImAlI jJAtiyoMne use bhUla jAnA lAMchanAspada hai; paraMtu kheda hai ki kaI zrImAla ke suputra apanI janma-bhUmi ke nAma ko bhI Ajakala nahIM jAnate haiN| poravADoM ke gotra / isa jJAti ke gotra pAThakoM ke sanmukha rakhane ke pahile gotra kise kahate haiM isa bAta kA vivaraNa karane kI AvazyakatA hai / amarakoSa meM gotra ke artha meM nimnokta zabda batAye hai: saMtati, gotram jananamakulama, abhijanaH, anvayaH, vaMzaH, anvavAyaH, saMtAnaH ( amara. bramhavarga zlo. 1)
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________________ arthAt jisa nAma se kula pahicAnA jAve vA jisa mUla puruSa se kulaparaMparA calI ho vaha gotra hotA hai| yaha gotra paraMparA lagabhaga do hajAra varSa se pracalita kahI jAtI hai| brAmhaNoM meM yaha adyAvadhI cala rahI hai| saMdhyA vaMdanAdi haraeka dharmakRtya meM aharniza gotroccAraNa kiyA jAtA hai| brAmhaNoM ke anusAra kSatriya vaizyoM ko bhI gotra the, kyoM ki ye bhI svataMtra jhAtiyAM haiN| harivaMza, ikSvAkuvaMza, raghuvaMza kuruvaMza, yaduvaMza, Adi; paraMtu aba yaha gotra paraMparA vaizya kSatriyoM meM bahuta kama pracAra meM hai / zrI mahAvIra svAmI tathA gautama buddha ke samaya ke bRhat dharma viplava meM kSatriya vaizyoM kI prAcina gotra paraMparA naSTa hokara nayI jaina sAdhu praNita gotra paraMparA pracalita huii| yoM to " gujarAta meM gota nahIM mAravADa meM chota nahIM" paraMtu hiMdu-dharma ke dekhA dekhI jaina guruoMne nava dikSita jainoM meM gotra paraMparA cAlU kI / isameM na to koI niyama pAlana huA hai aura na koI kula paraMparA ko sthAna diyA gayA hai| guruoMne managaDhaMta uTapaTAMga gotra nizcita kara diye haiN| udAharaNa ke liye do cAra gotroM kI utpatti dI jAtI hai| ___maMDovara ke rAjA kA kuSTa roga zrI jinadatta sUrine gAya kA makkhana lagavAkara ThIka kiyA taba rAjA ke sAtha zarta kI gaI thI ki roganAza hone ke pazcAt jaina-dharmakA aMgikAra karanA hogA / ukta zarta ke anusAra rAjA jaina huaa| jisa gAya kA makkhama usake zarIra ko lagAyA gayA usakA nAma kukaDI thA
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________________ ataH usa rAjA kA kukaDa gotra nizcita kiyaa| rAjA ke zarIra para gaNadhara nAma ke kAyasthane makkhana lagAyA thaa| vaha bhI rAjA ke sAtha jaina huA taba usakA makkhana cupar3A sababa "caupar3A" gotra tthhraayaa| zrI vardhamAna sUrine saM. 1026 meM dillI ke rAjakumAra sonagarA cauhANa bohitya kumAra ko rassI kA sAMpa banAkara daMza karavAyA aura jaina hone kI zarta para use jIvita kiyA taba usakA " sacetI-saMcetI" gotra tthhraayaa| saMvata 1155 meM DIDojI nAma kA khIcI rAjapUta gujarAta meM DaketI karatA thA usako zrI jinavallabha sUrine jaina banAyA aura usakA " dhADIvAla" gotra sthApana kiyA / inake eka vaMzaja ko rAja-koThArI kI jagaha milI taba usake vaMzaja koThArI kahAye / isI dhADIvAla kula meM eka ke sirapara gaMja (gujarAtI meM TAMTa kahate haiM) thI isame TAMTiyA (gaMjA) kahane lage jisase usake vaMzaja TAMTiyA kahAye / aisI uTapaTAMga aDaka ko thoDA samaya vyatIta hone bAda gotra kA nAma prApta huaa| inheM gotra mAnanA kevala hAsyA spada hai| gotra to vahI hote haiM jisase ki kula kI khAsa saptatti huI ho| Ajakala poravADoM meM to pratizata dasa manuSya ko bhI apanA gotra yAda nahIM hotaa| kahIM 2 zrImAlI gora jA jAkara
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________________ bholebhAle poravADoM ko manamAne gotra batA dete haiM, aura unase apane peTakI bheTa lekara nodo gyAraha hojAte haiM / idhara bheMTa dene vAlA brahma vAkyaM samajhakara apane ko koI cohAna koI rAyaThora, koI phUla magerA samajhakara phUle nahIM samAte poravADoM kA kSatriyatva to itihAsa sapramANa siddha karatA hai paraMtu inoM ke gotrakA koI sapraNAma itihAsa abhI upalabdha nahIM huA hai| Upara kahe anusAra jaina sAdhu praNita gotroM kA ullekha kucha lekhoM meM upalabdha huA hai ve pAThakoM ke avalokanArtha diye jAte haiN| 1 Thakura gotra / nagara (mAravADa ) zrI bhIDabhaMjana mahAdeva ke maMdira meM sUrya ke donoM tarapha zrI mUrtiyoM kI caukIpara bAMye tarapha kA lekh| . 1 ||AUM|| saMvata 1292 varSe ASADha sudi 7 ravI zrI nAradamuni vinivezIte zrI nAgaravara mahAsthAne saM. 9082 varSe2 ati varSAkAla vazAdati purANaM tayAca Akasmika zrI jayAditya devIya mahA prasAda pattana vinaSTAyAM zrI ratrA devI muurto| pazcAt zrImat pattana vAstavya prAgvATa Tha0 zrI caMDapAtmaja Tha0 zrI caMDaprasAdAMgaja Tha0 zrI somatanuja Tha0 zrI AsArAja nanda /
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________________ 4 nena Tha. zrIkumAra devI kukSi saMbhUtena mahAmAtya zrI vastu pAlena svabhAryA mayyA Tha. kanhaDa putryAH Tha0 saMpUtkukSi bhvaa| 5 yAH mahaM zrI lalitA devyA puNyArtha miheva zrI jayAditya deva patnyA zrI ratnAdevI mUrtiriya kAritA ||shubhmstu|| ukta lekha meM Thakura likhA hai paraMtu inakA gotra "Thakura" na thA yaha to ve jAgIradAra hone ke kAraNa Thakura likhe jAte the / inakA gotra thaa| "uvaraDa" 2 mUThaliyA gotra / zrI jagatseTha kA maMdira-mahimApura / saM. 1536 va0 phA0 su0 12 prAgvATa vya0 hIrA bhA0 rupAde putra vya0 depA bhA0 gI ( go ) matti putra gAMgA kena bhA0 nAthI pu0 bherA bhA0 gogAdi kuTuMba yutena zrI neminAtha biMba kA0 pra0 tapAgacche zrI lakSmIsAgara sUribhiH pIMDaravADA prAme mUThaliyA vaMze zrIH / 3 dosI gaatre| seTha nasI kezavajI kA maMdira-pAlitANA. saM. 1614 varSe vaizAkha sudi 2 budhe prAgvATa bhAtIya dosI devA bhAryA demati suta do0 banA bhAryA banAde su0 do. kudhajI nAmnA pituzreyase zrI pArzvanAtha biMba kArApitaM tapA
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________________ 86 gacchAdhirAja bhaTTAraka zrI vijayasena sUri ziSya paM0 dharma vijaya gaNinA pratiSThita midaM maMgalaMbhUyAt / 4 saMghavI gotra / motIsAha ToMka kA lekha / saM. 1503 jeSTa su. 9 prAgvATa saM0 kAyA bhAryA hAMsalade putra jhAjhaNeNa bhAryA nAgalade putra mukuMda nArada bhrAtR dhannA zreyase jIvAdi kuTuMbaM yutena nija pitR zreyase zrInaminAtha bibaM kAritaM pra. tapAgacche zrI jayacaMdra sUri gurubhiH / 5 koThArI / pIMDaravADA - sirohI rAjya / OM saMvata 1603 varSa mahA vidi 8 zukre zrI sirohI nagare rAyazrI durjana sAlajI vijaya rAjya, prAze koThArI chAcho bhAryA hAMsilade putra koThArI zrIpAla bhAryA svetalade tasya putra koThArI tejapAla rAjapAla ratanasI rAmadAsa .. bAI lAchalade zreyarthaM pIMDaravADA prAmeM zrI mahAvIra prasAde deharI kArApitaM / zrI tapAgacche zrI hema vimalasUri tatpaTTe zrI AnaMda vimala sUri tatpaTTe zrI vijayadAma sUri / zubhaM bhavatu kalyANa mastu zrA0 vA0 lAchalade zre0 / 1
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________________ 6 jhUlara gotra / mirjApura-paMcAyatI maMdira / saM. 1482 va0 vaiSAkha vadi 1 prA. jhulara gotra sA0 lAhaDa bhA0 vAhiNade pu0 mahirAja jina pitRvya somAsiMha Atma zre0 zrI vAsapUjya biMbaM kAritaM pra0 zrI dharmaghoSagacche zrImalayacandra sUri paTTe zrI padmazekhara sUribhiH // 6 // shrii|| ___7 lIvAM gotr| kalakattA-mANika tllaa| saM. 1557 varSe mAgha vadi 12 budhe prA0 sA0 gelA bhA0 cAMdU suta sA0 rAjA banA tapA harapAla bhAryA jIveNI su0 hAsA vasupAlAdi kuTuMba sahitena kArApitaM zrIkunthunAtha biMba pratiSThitaM sUribhiH sINota nagarI-gotra lIvAM / 8 bhaMDArI gotra [dhAra ] jodhapura-dharmanAthajI kA maMdira / saM. 1504 varSe vai0 zu0 3 prAgvATa jJA0 zre0 bhaMDArI zANI suta zre0 khImasI sAyAbhyAM bhA0 madIkha tajatA mAlAdi kuTuMba yutAbhyAM svazreyase zrImunisuvrata svAmi biMbaM kA pra. tapA zrI somasudara sUri ziSya zrI jayacaMdra sUribhiH dhAravAstavyaH / zubhaM bhavatu // dhAravAstavya
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________________ 9 dosI gotra / saM. 1597 varSe posa vadi 5 sakare sahUAlA bAstavya prAgvATa vRddha zAkhAyAM do0 vIrA bhA0 bhANA bhA0 bharamAde tena svazreyase AdinAtha biMba kA0 pra0 zrI jina sAdhu sUribhiH / 10 abAI gotr| udypur-mevaadd| saMvata 1620 varSe phAlguNa zudi 7 budhe kumaragirivAsi prAgvATa bhAtIya vRddha zAkhAyAM abAI gotre vyavahA0 khImA bhA0 kanakAdi putra vya0 ThAkarasI bhA0 sobhAgade putra devarNa parivAra yutena svazreyortha zrIdharmanAtha biMba kAritaM / pratiSThitaM zrIbahattapAgacche zrIpUjyArAdhya zrIvijayadAna sUripaTTe zrIpUjya zrI zrI zrI hIra vijaya sUribhiH AcaMdrAkaM nandyAt // zrI // 11 koThArI gotra / udypur-mevaadd| saM. 1507 varSe kArtika sudi 11 zukre prAgvATa koThArI lAkhA bhA. lAkhaNade putra ko0 paravata.........bhelA DAhA nAnA DuMgara yutena zrI saMbhava nAtha biMba kAritaM uesa gacche zrI siddhAcArya saMtAne prati0 zrI kaka suuribhiH||
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________________ 89 12 saMghavI gotra / udayapura - mevADa | saMvata 1521 varSe jyeSTa sudi 4 maNDapa durge prAgvATa saM0 ajana bhA TabakU suta saM0 vastA bhA. rAmA putra saM0 cAhAkena bhA. jIviNi pu. saM. bhAga ADAdi kuTumba yutena sva zreyase zrI caMdraprabha 24 paTTa kA. pra. tapA pakSe zrI ratnazekhara sUri paTTe zrI lakSmI sAgara sUribhiH // 13 saMghavI gotra / AgrA- rozana muhallA - zrImaMdara svAmI kA mAMdara covIzI para / saMvata 1536 jyeSTa zu. 5 prA. jJAtIya saM. pUMjA bhA. karmade putra saM0 narajaya bhA0 nAyakade putra saM. khImA kena bhA0 harakhamade putra paravata guNarAja pramukha kuTumba yutena zrI AdinAtha caturviMzati paTTaH kAritaH pra0 lakSmI sAgara sirohI nagere || sUribhiH / 14 saMghavI gotra / AgrA-namaka maMDI - zrI zAMtinAtha kA maMdira / saM. 1554 varSe mAhavadi 2 gurau prAgvATa jJAtIya zRMgAra saMghavI siddharAja susrAvakena bhAryA ThaNaku sAkUpA bhAryArammeda mukhya kuTumba sahitena zrI supArzvanAtha biMbaM kAritaM pratiSThitaM zrI sUribhiH //
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________________ / 15 nAga-gotrA / pAlitAnA-sumati maMdira-mAdhAlAla dharmazAlA dhAtu murtipara / saM. 1702 varSe mArgazIra sudi 6 zukre zrI aMcala gacchAdhirAja pUjya bhaTTAraka zrI kalyANa sAgara sUrizvarANAmupadezena zrI diva baMdi [ da] ra vAstavya prAgvATa jJAtIya nAga gotre maMtri vimala saMtAne maM. kamalasI putra maM. jIvA putra premajI saM. prAgajI maM. AnaMdajI putra kezavajI pramukha parivAra yutena svapitR maM. jIvA zreyArtha zrI AdinAtha biMba kAritaM pratiSThita caturvidha zrI saMghena // 16 saMghavI gotr| kareDA-mevADa-paMcatIrthopara ! saM. 1509 varSe mAgha sudi 5 zukre prAgvATa vaMze saM. karmaTa bhA. mAjU pu. uddharaNena bhAyA sohiNI putra AlhA vIsA tIsA sahitena zrI aMcala gaccheza zrI jaya kesarI sUri upadezena svazreyase zrI vAsupujya svAmi biMbaM kAritaM pra. zrI saMghena / / .....17 gAMdhI gotra : jesalamIra-aSTApadajI kA maMdira-paMcatIrthayoMpara / saM.-1533 varSe pauSavadi Rig prAgvATa bA. gAMdhI hIrA bhA. hemAde putra cAhitA kena bhA. lAlI putra samarasI bhAyA
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________________ lADakI pramukha kuTumba yutena svazreyortha zrI naminAtha biMbaM kA. pra. tapA gacche zrI lakSmIsAgara sUribhiH / visala nagara vAstavya // zrI // 18 dosI gotr| OM // // namaH saMvata (16) 20 varSe ASADha sudi 2 khau gAMdhAra vAstavyaM / prAgaM (vaMza) dosI / zrI goiyAsuta dau| nejapAla bhAryA bAI (bhoDa) kI suta dau / paMcAraNA bhrAta dau / bhIma dau / nane / dau devarAja pramukha (sva) kuTuMTubena yutaH / zrI mahAvIra deva kulikA / kArApitA harSeNa / tapA gacche vibudha ziromaNi zrI vijayadAna sUri zrI hIra vijaya sUri prasAdA ( ta ) zubhaM bhavatu // zrIH // zrIH // zrIH // [epi grAphiyA iMDikA-2-48 ] ukta zilAlekhoM se poravADauM ke jo gotra mile haiM be:1 Thakura 2 mUThaliyA 3 dosI 4 saMghavI 5 koThArI 6 jhUlara 7 livAM 8 abAI 9 nAga 10 gAMdhI 11 bhaMDArI 12 ubaraDa hai; parantu yaha gotra vaisehI AcArya praNita aTaka rupi haiN| zrImAlI gora mAlava nivAsI kai poravADa mahAjanoM ko unake gotra batA gaye haiM ve nimnokta haiM:1 paDiyAla 2 rAThora 3 sisodiyA 4 taveracA 5 maMDalika 3 vAbalezA 7 phUla magerA 8 sonala
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________________ 92 / yadi zrImAla purANa para bizvAsa kiyA jAve to pora-vADa [ prAgvATa ] pururavA ke bheje hue kSatriya avazya haiM, aura unheM pururavA ke putra kahe haiM / pururavA ani kula meM 34 ve rAjA the arthAta poravADa ani kulake hue | agnikula ke utpAdaka zrI vaziSTa RSi the| evaM agnikula kA gotra 'vaSiSTa' haiM / arthAt poravADa mahAjana vaSiSTa gotrIya hue / yadi pururavA ke bheje hue dasa hajAra yoddhA mAne jAveM toM ve sammilita kSatriya honA nizcita hotA hai / ataH zrImAlI goroM ke batAye hue UparI gidarzita gotroM meM kucha satya kA aMza pratIta hotA hai; parantu nizcita rUpase abhI kucha bhI nirNaya poravADoM ke gotroM ke saMbaMdha meM nahIM ho sakatA / caritrAdi / vimala zAha / vimala zAha kA vizvasanIya caritra Ajataka upalabdha nahIM huaa| unake samakAlina kisI lekhaka ne unakA caritra nahIM likhA to bhI jaina samAja tathA AbUke unake jagatprAsaddha maMdira ko dekhane vAloM kI smRtI se vimala zAha kA nAma nahIM miTa
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________________ sakatA / aise mahAna puruSa kA caritra jaina sAhitya meM na honA sakhedAzcarya kI bAta hai / vimalase 400 varSa pIche 'lAvaNya samaya' nAmaka jainAcArya vikrama saM. 1568 meM chanda baddha 'vimala prabaMdha' nAmakA eka graMtha likhA hai, paraMtu usameM satya kI apekSA kavi kaplanA adhika hai| vimala prabaMdha paDhane ke pazcAt ojhAjI ne jo aitihAsika sasya sAra usa se khIMcA hai vaha aisA ki, vimala prAgvATa jJAti kA zrImAla :2) gotra kA mahAjana thaa| vaha ninaga kA prapautra, lihara kA pautra aura vIrakA putra thaa| eka bAra yaha gujarAtha kA cAlukaya rAjA bhImadeva kA daMDanAyaka huA aura vi. saM. 1088 meM usane AbU para vimala vasahi nAmakA AdinAtha kA maMdira banavAyA / isa maMdira meM bhI umake banane ke samaya kI koI prazAsti nahIM lagAI gii| isI kAraNa vimala aura usake kuTumba kA vAstavika cAratra aMdhaHkAra meM hI hai| Adhunika khoja se mile hue zilAlekhoM meM se kevala tInahI pase haiM jinameM vimala kA kucha vRttAMta milatA hai / pahilA zilAlekha vi. saM. 1202 kA hai jisa se pAyAjAtA hai ki zrImAlaphula aura prAgvATa vaMzameM dharmAtmA ninnaka huaa| vaha bahuta zrImAna thA, paraMtu kisI karaNa saMpatti naSTa hojAne se bhinnamAla choDakara vaha gujarAta ke gAMbhU grAmameM jA basA / vahAM
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________________ 94 4 35 vaha phirase dhanADya huA / vi. saM. 802 meM aNahila nAmaka puruSane batAI huI jagaha para vanarAja cAvar3Ane 'aNahilapura paTTaNa ' basAyA / vahAM vanarAja zreSTha ninaga aura usakA putra lahara ko le AyA / vahAM inako vizeSa vaibhava sukha aura kIrti prApta huI / ninaga ko vanarAja pitA samAna mAnatA thA / lahara ko zUravIra dekhakara banarAja ne apanA senApati banAyA / aura " khaMDasthala nAmaka gAma bheMTa diyA / vaha nItijha devatA aura sAdhuoM kA bhakta, dAnazIla, dayAlu aura jina dharma kA jJAtA thA / usakA putra mahattamavIra mUlanareMdra [ cAlukya rAjA mUla ] kI sevA meM rahatA thA / vaha buddhimAna, udAra aura dAnI thA / vaha vi. saM. 1085 meM sAdhu huA / usakA jaina dharmaniSTha jyeSTha putra " neDha " maMtrI banA aura dUsarA vimala daMDAdhipati [ daMDa nAyaka ] huA / isake Age neDha kI vaMzAvalI hai / " * zrI zrImAla kulotya nirmalatara prAmvAra vaMzAMbare / bhrAjacchIta karopamo guNanidhiH zrI ninnakAkhyAM gRhI; Asiddha vasta samasta pApa nicayo vijJo variSThAzayaH dhanyA (nyo ) dharma nibaddha su ( zu ) ddhadhi (Sa) paNa: svAmnAya lokApraNIH // 2 // sakala naya vidhijJo bhAvato devasAdhu pratidina mati bhakko dAnazIlo dayAluH. vidita jinama tolaM dharma karmAnuraktAM 'lahara' iti suputra strasya jAtaH pavitraH // 3 // prAvAjijita darpitAri nicayo yo jaina mAgapara - mAItya suvizuddha manvaya vaza prAptaM samArAtya ( dhya) ca, zrImAna mUla narendra sannidhi sudhA niskaMda saMsekita prajJA pAtratramudAtta dAna ciratastatsUnurAsIda (vda) ra // 4 // nija kula kamala divAkara kalA sakalArthi sAyaM kalAtaru, zrImadvIra mahattama itiyaH khyAtaH kSamAvalaye // 5 // zrI manneDho dhi dhano dharicetA AsInmatrI jaina dharmai kaniSThaH zradyaH putrastasya mAnI maheccha tyAgI bhogI bandhu padmAkareMdu // 6 // dvitIya ko : dvaita matAvalavI daMDAdhipaH zrI vimalo babhUvaH yenedamucairbhavasiMdhu setu kalpaM vinimI pitamAvazma // 7 //
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________________ 95 vimala ko koI putra thA yA nahIM isakA patA nahIM lagA; kyoMki vimala ke pIche kI vaMzAvali nahIM milatI / kevala eka lekha ukta maMdira meM. aMbAjI kI mUrti para khudA huA hai / usakA Azaya hai ki, vimala ke vaMzaja abhaya siMha ke putra jagasiMha, lakhamasiMha aura kurusiMha hue, tathA jagasiMha kA putra bhANa huA ina sabane milakara vimala vasahI meM aMbAjI kI mUrti sthApita kI tIsarA zilA lekha vimala vasahI ke jIrNoddhAra kA vi. saM. 1378 kA hai; jisameM likhA hai ki, jaMdrAvatI kA rAjA baMdhu ( dhaMdhuka, dhaMdhurAja ) vIroM kA agraNI thA / jaba usane rAjA bhImadeva kI sevA svavIkAra na kI taba rAjA (bhImadeva ) usapara bahuta kruddha huA / jisase va manasvI ( dhaMdhuka ) dhArA ke rAjA bhoja ke pAsa calA gayA / bhira rAjA bhImadeva ne prAgvATa vaMzI saMtrI vimala ko AvUkA daMDapati ( senApati ) vanAyA / usane vi. saM. 1088 meM AbU ke zikhara para AdinAtha kA maMdira banavAyA / + * saMvata 1394 varSe jeSTa vaDhi 5 zanI mahaM0 vimalAnvaye ThaH abhaya siMha bhAryA ahivade putra mahaMjagatasiMha lakhamasiMha kurA siMha mahejagatasiMha bhAyI jetalaMda tatputra mahaMbhANa [ maMDala mANa ] kena kuTuMba sahitena vimala vasa hikAyAM devyAH zrI: aMbikAyAH / mUrti kAritA / pratiSThitA / + tatkula kamala marAlaH kAlaH pratyarthi maMDalI kA nAma / caMdrAktI purIza: samajAna vArAyaNirdhadhuH 5 // zrI bhImadevasya nRpa ya sevAmalabhyamAnaH kiladhandhurAjaH; nareza rAMSAzca tato manasvA dhArAdhipaM bhoja nRpa prapede // 6 // * prAvATa vaMzAbharaNaM vabhUva ratna pradhAnaM vimalAbhidhAnaH // 7 // tatazca bhImana narAdhipena pratApa vanhi vimalI mahAmatiH / kRtorbude daMDapatiH satAM priyAM priyaM vA nandatu jana- zAsane // 8 // zrI vikramAditya nRpAdvayatIte'STA zAMtiyAMte zaradAM sahastre; zrA Adi devaM zikharebudhasya nivezita zrI vimalena vaMde // 11 // ( AbUkA zilAlekha )
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________________ 96 jinaprabhu sUri ne apane tIrthakalpa meM arbuda kalpa ke prakaraNa meM likhA hai ki, jaba bhImadeva dhAMdhuka para kruddha huA taba vimala ne bhakti se bhImadeva ko prasanna kara dhAMdhuka ko citrakUTa [ citaura ] se vi. saM. 1088 meM dhAMdhuka kI AjJA lekara baDe kharca se vimala vasahI nAmaka maMdira banavAyA / cittaura usa samaya dhAra ke rAjA bhoja deva ke adhikAra meM thA aura bhoja vahAM rahA bhI karatA thA / vimala baDA bahAdura thA usane mAlavA aura siMdha para AkramaNa kara acchI jIta milAI thI / poravADa mahAjana vyavahArajJa hote haiM vaise bahAdura | bhI hote haiM / samaya paDane para kAyaratA nahIM dikhaate| vAlInAtha kI hakIgata pahile pAThaka paDha hI cuke haiM / vimala vasahI : arbudAcala para vimalazAhane jo anupama maMdira banavAyA hai vaisA zilpa kA uccatama namunA saMsAra bhara meM kevala vahI * rAjAnaka zrI dhAndhu ke kruddhaM zrIgurjarezvaram ; prasAdya bhaktyA taM citrakUTA dAnIya tagdize // 39 // vikrame vasuvasvAzA 1088 mite'bde bhUri vyyAt, satprAsAdaM savimala basatyavhaM vyadhApayat // 40 // ( tIrthakalpa - abudakalpa ). 8 tadbhItyA'STAdaza zata grAmAdhipa dhAra nRpo naSTavA siMdhudezegataH / tadanuzAkaMbharI, marusthalI, medapATa, jvAlApurAdi prasAdAt sAdhayitvA chatramekamadhArayAt / nRpati zata ambikA ( upadeza -mAlA )
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________________ hai| vastupAla ke maMdira se yaha aura bhI baDhA caDhA hai| isa meM mukhya mUrti RSabha devakI hai / isake donoM ora eka eka bar3I mUrti hai| mukhya madira ke sAmane vizAla sabhA maMDapa ora cAroM tarapha choTe choTe jinAlaya haiN| aura bhI yahAM dhAtu tathA pASANa kI kaI mUrtiyAM haiM / isa maMdira kI kArAgirI kI jitanI prazaMsA kI jAve utanI hI kama hogI / staMbha, toraNa, guMbaja, sabhAmaMDapa, chata, daravAje Adi saba jagaha kArAgirI kI asIma sImA kI gaI hai| karnala TaoNDa likhate haiM ki: ___" bhArata bhara meM isa maMdira kI banAvaTa sarvottama hai| evaM jo udgAra vastugala tejapAla ke maMdira ke vAste nikale haiM vaisehI kiMbahunA adhika isake liye nikalate haiN| isa ke banane ke prAyaH deDhaso varSa pazcAt maMdira ke sAmane hastizAlA banI hai| isameM dvAra ke sAmane bimalazAha kI azvAruDha mUrti banI hai| hastI zAlA meM saMgamarmara kI dasa hathaniyAM * haiM jinapara puruSa savAra the parantu aba * hasti 1 sa0 1204 phAguNa su010 zanAdine mahAmAtya zrI ninu kasya. zani ,, ,, zrI lahara kasya. zano ,, , zrI vIra kasya. , , zrI neDha , , mahAmAtya zrI dhavala,, zrI AnaMda, . zrI pRthvI pAlasya. ASADha sudi 8 budha dine pauntAra [?] Tha. jagadevasya " mahAmAtya zrIdhanapAlasya ... ... ... ... ... ... m m h m m w w m : "
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________________ 98 kevala do tIna rahagaye haiM / vi0 saM0 1202 ke zilAlekha se pAyA jAtA hai ki pahile tIna vimala ke pUrvaja aura cauthA ner3ha usakA bar3A bhAI thA / bAkI pAMca hathaniyoM para ke puruSa kauna the yaha nizcita karanA hai| ukta 1202 vAle lekha meM neDha kA putra kA putra lAliga, usakA mahiMduka aura mahiMduka ke do putra hema aura dazaratha kA honA batAyA hai; paraMtu ina ke nAma kI koI hathanI zAlA meM nahIM hai / haribhadra sUrI racita prAkRta kAvya " malla carita " meM ( 3 prastAva ) batAyA hai ki neDhakA dhavalaka, rAjakarNa kA maMtrI huA / isakA putra pRthvipAla, kumArapAla kA maMtrI rahA usane AbU ke vimala ke maMdira kI hastizAlA banavAI ukta maMdira ke vi. saM. 1245 ke zilA lekha se spaSTa hotA hai + ahaneDha mahAmaiNo taNao siri kaNNa eva rajjammi; jAcyo niyajasa dhavalaya bhuvaNo dhavalotti mantivaze / jayasiMharAva jje guru guNa vaMsa ullasanta mahAmyo; jA zrI bhuvaNANa ho ANaM ho nAma saciviMdo / hasiddhi rAma siri kumaravAla gavA vaNiMda tilayANAm puSNa bharabhAra vihuriyamuvada uSNa puhavI pIDham / sirikumara vAla naranAyagANa rajjesuH siri puhai vAla mantI avita nAmaimoM vihio | avvaya girimmi sirineDha vimala jiNa mandire karAve um; maDavamaiyaM vimhaya jayaNaM purao; puNotassa / vilasira kareNu mANa savaMsa purisottamANa muttI vihiyaMca saMghabhattiM vahuttha yuvattha dANeNa /
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________________ ki, pRthvIpAla kA putra Thakura jagadeva thA * / mahAmAtya pRthvIpAla ko dhanapAla nAmaka eka putra aura thaa| isa prakAra nizcita hai ki, ina nava hathiNI savAroM meM se pahile tIna vimala ke pUrvaja cavathA usakA baDA mAI ner3ha aura bAkI ke pAMca neDha ke vaMzadhara haiN| yaha bhI nizcita huA ki hastIzAlA vi. saM...1204 meM banI usameM sAta hathinI usI samaya sthApita huI bAkI kI do vi. saM. 1237 meN| ... hastizAlA meM mUrtiyAM sthApana karane kA uddeza vastupAla ke maMdira kI prazastI meM likhA hai| usameM kahA hai ki hathiniyoM para baiThI huI jinadarzana ke liye AI huI mUrtiyAM dikpAloM ke samAna cirakAla taka suzobhita rhegii| ( dekho vastupAla caritra-lekha vi. saM. 1287 kA) isase spaSTa hai ki pahile ___ * pahile rAjya ke jAgIradAra, brAmhaNa, mahAjana aura kAyasyoM ko Thakkura saMjJA thI. devAsa ke poravADa kSAtIya prasiddha caudharI-kula ke logoM ko aba bhI ThAra hI kahate haiM evaM saMvata 1245 vai0 vadI 5 bhRgau prAgvATa..... pRthvA pAlAtmaka Tha.. jagadeva pani Tha* zrImAlada AtmazreyothaM zrIsupArzvanAtha pratimA kA0 zrIsiMha ( suribhiH pratiSThitA) vimala mandira-devakulinakA kI eka mUrti para kA lekha. 8 zrI abhinaMdanasya / ( saM0 1245 varSe ) vaizAkha vadi 5 gurau pRthvI pAlAtmaja mahAmAtya zrIdhanapAlane mAtRzrI padmAvatI zreyortha 'kAritA (pra.) zrI kosahuda (kAsahRda) gacche zrIsiMha suuribhiH| (vimala kA mAdara-devakulikA kA lekha)
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________________ 100 maMdira banavAne vAle ke kula kA koI puruSa usa maMdira meM darzana karane AtA usake nAmakI aisI mUrtiyAM banAI jAtI / jaina maMdiroM ke atirikta ziva aura viSNu maMdira meM bhI rAja-putAne meM kahIM kahIM yahI prathA dekhane meM AtI hai / pIche se isa maMdira para bhI musalamAnoMne vi. saM. 1368 meM hastakSepa kiyA thaa| usakA jIrNoddhAra maMDoravAsI lata aura bIjaDane vi. saM. 1378 meM kiyA thA / hemaratha dazarathane vi. saM. 1202 meM tathA mahAmAtya dhanapAlane vi. saM. 1245 meM pahile isakA jIrNoddhAra kiyA thA / anumAnataH maMdira banavAne ke bAda zIghrahI vimala kA dehAMta huA honA cAhiye / kyoMki vaha na to hastizAlA vanA sakA aura na anya devakulikAoM meM mUrtiyoM kI sthApanA kara sakA / yaha saba kAma pIche se huA hai / neTa kA vaMza to Age calA dikhAI detA hai paraMtu nimala ke vaMzajo kA koI patA nahIM calatA / kevala abhayasiMha aura Dana ke tIna putroM ke nAma aMbikA kI mUrti para haiM vahI / ukta maMdira ke vyaya ke saMbaMdha meM : History and Literature of Jainism ( hisTrI eNnDa liTarecara oNpha jainIjhama ) meM likhA hai ki:- pRSTha 67 * svapitRzreyase jIrNoddhAra RSabha maMdira; kArayAmAsa tullella vIjaDauM sAdhu sattama [ma]. [ vimala mandira - jIrNoddhAra prazastI ].
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________________ 101 "Vimalshaha a Porwad Merchant Prince of Anhilpur Pattan, purchased a part of Mt. Abu for as many silver coins as covered the ground He bought and spent 55 lacs of Rupees in levelling the side of a hill and then built a temple didicated to Adinath which cost him 18 crores of rupees. " bhAvArtha:- aNahilapura paTTaNa kA lakSmI - putra vimalazAha poravADa ne AbU ke Upara kI jamInapara rupe bichAkara utane hI mUlya meM lI / use sApha karane meM tathA kharIda ne meM 56 lAkha rupe vyaya hue / tadanaMtara vahAM AdinAtha [ RSabha deva kA maMdira ] aTharAha karoDa rupaye vyaya karake banavAyA / isa maMdira ke banAne meM itanA vyaya huA ho yA na huA ho paraMtu Aja aise kaI karoDa vyaya karane para bhI aisA maMdira nahIM bana sakatA / astu / eka zilAlekha pAlitAnA ke sumatinAtha ke maMdira kI mAdholAla dharmazAlA meM vi. saM. 1702 kA upalabdha huA hai vaha vimala ko nAga gotrIya batAtA hai / yaha nAga goga unhIM prakhyAta vimala zAha kA honA saMbhavanIya hai ki jinoMne AbUpara vimala vasahI maMdira banavAte samaya " nAgarAja bAlInAtha " ko apane khAMDeke bala vaza kiyA thA / nAgarAja ko vaza karane ke kAraNa ina kA nAga gotra bana jAnA asaMbhava - nIya nahIM / isa lekha meM Age jo vaMzAvalI dI hai vaha spaSTa
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________________ karatI hai ki, premajI, prAgajI, ANaMdajI vimala saMtAna yAne unhI ke vaMzaja haiN| yaha lekha * pahile isI pustaka meM diyA gayA hai paraMtu vahAM gotra ke mahatva se diyA hai aura yahAM usakA aura hI mahatva hai| [ ahamadAbAda kI prasiddha peDhI ke utpAdaka ye hI to nahIM ? ? ] . poravADa jJAti meM vimala zAha eka ratna samAna ho gaye haiM inakA kIrtimaya prakAza Aja bhI sAre saMsAra ko AzcaryAnvita kara rahA hai| vastupAla tejapAla / / isa caritra-lekhana meM paM0 zivadattajI zarmA ke " somezvara aura kIrtikaumudI" isa lekhakA bahuta upayoga kiyA hai ). vastupAla tejapAla kA janma vRtAMta " vRddha laghuzAkhA ke" uptatti varNana meM diyAjAcukA hai ataeva pAThaka vaha jAnate ho sa. 1702 varSe mArgazira sudi 6 zujhe zrI aMcalagacchAdhirAja pujya zraddhAraka zrI kalyANa sAgara sUrizvarANAmupadazena zrI divabA~dara bAstabya pragAgvATa jJAtIya nAgagAtre maMgI vimala saMtAne maM. kamala sI putrA maMjIvA putra maM* premajI sa. prAgajI maM0. ANaMdajI putra kevanajI pramukha parivAra yutena svapitR maM. jIvAzreyorya zrI AdinAtha viMbaMkAritaM pratiSThitaM caturvidha zrI saMdhena /
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________________ haiM / unakA janma vi. saM. 1260 meM huA / unakI mAtA kA nAma kumAradevI thaa| inake vaMza kA mUla puruSa caMDapa gujarAta meM dholakA grAma meM rahatA thA / inhIM ke kula meM cothe puruSa azvarAja the aura azvarAja se mAtA kumAradevI kI kukSI se ina donoM bhAI kA janma huA / inameM vastupAla vividha guNa saMpanna thaa| usakA vivAha lalitAdevI se tathA tejapAla kA vivAha anupamAdevI ke sAtha huA thaa| inake putroM ke nAma vaMzavRkSa meM diye haiN| tejapAla apane bar3e bhAI kA bahuta AjJAkArI thA / " somezvara kavi" ne vastupAla kavi hone ke saMbaMdhameM apane "sUrathotsava" kAvya meM likhA hai| aNahilapurapaTTaNa ke rAjA lAvaNyaprasAda ko apane maMtrI padapara kisI suyogya vyaktikI sthApanA karane kI icchA huI taba somezvara ne hI rAjA ko ina bandhu dvayakA nAma sucita kiyA / rAjAne ina donoM ko kahA ki, " vAstava meM jisa rAjA ke pAsa tuhmAre.jaise guNa saMpanna karmacArI hote haiM vaha saMpatti ke sAtha sAtha suyaza bhI prApta karatA hai| hamArA kaI rAjAoM ke sAtha virodha ho rahA hai, ataH hama rAjya sudhArane kI icchA se tuma donoM ko maMtrI pada para niyukta karanA cAhate haiN| tuma apanI akuMThita buddhi se rAjya ke aizvarya ko baDhAo; aura prajA meM sukha zAMti phailaao| . pratyuttara meM vinaya sahita vastupAla ne kahA ki, yaha to mahArAja kA baDA anugraha hai : ki hamako isa yogya
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________________ 104 samajhA / he deva ! aba kaliyuga vidyamAna hai| isameM na to sevakoM meM kAryaparAyaNatA hai, aura na svAmiyoM meM kRtajJatA hai / duSTa maMtrI rAjAoM ko bure mArga para calAte haiM, jisase donoM kA nAza ho jAtA hai| yaha satya hai ki, saMsAra meM nirlobhI koI nahIM, paraMtu kArya aisA honA cAhiye ki jisase isa loka meM niMdA aura paraloka meM bAdhA na ho, ataeva: puraskRtya nyAyaM khaladamanAtya lahajA, narAnirjitya zrIpati caritamAzritya ca yadi / / samuddhata dhAtrImabhilaSati tatva zirasA, dhRto devA dezaH sphuTamaparA svastI bhavate // - [hai| 77 // kI0 ko0 // ] * AzayaH-yadi nyAya mArga kA avalambana karate hue duSToM ko mu~ha na lagAte hue sahaja zatruoM ( kAma krodhAdi) se dabate hue, dharma parAyaNa rahate hue, Apa apane sAmrAjya kA uddhAra karanA cAhate haiM to sevA karane ke liye yaha mastaka Apake caraNoM meM upasthita hai| - guNa grAhaka rAjA ne vivekI vastupAla ke vacana utsAha se sune aura prasanna citta se donoM bhAiyoM ko rAjamudrA dekara maMtrI pada para niyukta kiyaa| vi. saM. 1275 / thoDe samaya ke bAda vastupAla ko, " staMbhatIrtha " khaMbAta bheja diyaa| vahAM , usakA baDA svAgata huvaa| usane prajA ke sarva kaSTa kramazaH
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________________ 105 dUra kiye| sadAcAra kI vRddhi kii| vahAM luTeroM kA upadrava na rahane se vyApAra kI vRddhi huI / vaha Arthika sahAyatA dene meM udAra thA / usane hitakArI prAcIna sthAnoM tathA devAlayoM kA jIrNoddhAra karavAyA / naye maMdira tAlAva banavAye, bAga lagavAe, kuve bAvaDiyAM khudavAI, pyAU lagavAe, jaina upAzraya khole aura eka "brahmapurI" nAmaka mohallA basAyA / vaha saba dharmAvalaMbiyoM ko anukUla thaa| vaha jaina hone para bhI vaiSNavoM ora zaivoM kA bhI sammAna karatA thaa| gurjara deza kI sukha zAMti aura unnati dakSiNa ke rAjA siMhana ko klezakArI huii| usane acAnaka gurjara dezapara AkramaNa karanA cAhA / idhara lAvaNyaprasAda vIradhavala ke pAsa senA kama thI to bhI ve nirbhayatA pUrvaka bar3e sAhasa ke sAtha zatra kI senA se bhRgukaccha (bhaDoca ) ke nikaTa sAmanA karane ko bddh'e| isI samaya mAravADa ke cAra rAjAoM ne gujarAta para caDhAI kii| itanA hI nahIM kiMtu inake mitra godraha [godharA] aura lATa [ dakSiNa gujarAta ] ke rAjA bhI mAravADa ke rAjAoM se milge| aisI Apatti meM bhI rAjA aura maMtrI na ghbraae| unhoMne prathama to siMhana ko parAsta kiyA tadanaMtara lATa godharA ke rAjAoM se milakara saMdhi karalI aura phira mAravADa vAloM ko mAra bhgaae| idhara jaba rAjA isa taraha saMgrAma meM A sakA thA bhAgyavazAt vastupAla kI buddhi aura vIratA kI parikSA kA
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________________ 106 bhI avasara prApta huaa| rAjA siMdhurAja ke putra zaMkha [saMgrAma siMha ] ne vastupAla ke pAsa dUta dvArA kahalAyA ki, staMbhapura, hamArI kulakramAgata saMpatti hai ise Apa hama ko lauTA do aura yadi ApakA maMtripada nikala jAve to Apa bhI hamAre pAsa cale aao| Apa ko bhI mai vahI pada dUMgA anyathA virodha ke liye hamArI talavAra upasthita hai| maMtrIne vIrAcita pratyuttara dekara dUta ko lauTA diyA / phalataH rAjA zaMkha senA lekara " vaTakupa" [vaDakuA ] sara [ tAlAva ] ke taTa para A pahuMcA; aura zanaiH zanai Age bar3hane lagA / vastugalane bhI senA susajjita kI, aura svayaM ghoDepara savAra ho tathA apane svAmikA smaraNa kara, prasthAna kiyaa| maMtrIne baDI buddhi mAnI tathA vIratA se nagara kA rakSaNa kiyA aura Age baDhA / nyAya tathA kartavya pAlanArtha vastupAlane talavAra khIMcI aura donoM senA kI acchI muTha bheDa huI / vastupAla kA yoddhA guhIla vaMzIya bhuvanapAlane zaMkha ke subhaTa sAmaMta ko jaba mArA taba zaMkhane bhuvanapAla ko mAra giraayaa| yaha dekhakara vastupAla ne adhika bhISaNa svarupa dhAraNa kiyA / bahuta loga mAre gae va aMta meM vastupAla ko jIta huI aura zaMkha vApisa lauTa gyaa| isa samaya rAjA lAvaNyaprasAda bhI apane vIra putra vora dhavala ko sAtha lekara zatruoM ko parAsta kara ke vApasa A cukA thA / usane vastupAla kA vijaya sunakara bahuta saMtoSa prakaTa kiyaa|
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________________ 107 vastupAla kI vijaya ke kAraNa nagara meM mahotsava huA / maMtrI gAMva bAhara ' ekatravIrA ' devI ke darzanArtha jaba gayA taba hAthI ghoDe to kama the paraMtu usake darzanArtha Aye hue nagara vAsi itane the ki mArga meM na samAe / aba tejapAla ke yuddha kA varNana bhI suna lIjiye: mahItaTa ( mahIkAMTA ) nAma ke deza kA ghughula nAmA rAjA godreha (godrA ) meM rAjya karatA thA / vaha gujarAta meM Ate jAte vyApAriyoM ko lUTatA thA aura vIradhavala kI eka na maantaa| ina donoM bhAiyoMne eka samaya isa ke pAsa dUta bhejA aura kahalAyA ki vIraghavala kI AjJA mAnI jAya; paraMtu uttara meM usane eka kAjala kI DibiyAM aura eka janAnI dhotI bheja dii| rANAne bIDA rakhavA kara use uThavAkara ghughula se lar3ane kA Adeza diyA, taba darbAra meM vaha bIDA vastupAlane grahaNa kiyaa| vaha senA lekara ravAnA huaa| usake thoDe aguA sipAhiyoMne jAkara ghughula ke gvAloM ko pITA aura unakI gAyeM pakaDa lIM / ghughula ko samAcAra milate hI vaha senA lekara tejapAla se saMgrAma karane ko udyata huA aura baDe parAkrama se maMtrI kI senA kA sAmanA kiyaa| aMta meM dvaMda yuddha meM vaha tejapAla se hAra gayA aura kaida karAliyA gayA / vaha kAjala kI DibiyAM usa ke gale meM bAMdhI gaI aura dhotI use pahanAI gaI / ghughulako baDI lajjA huI aura apanI
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________________ 108 dAMtoM se apanI jIbha cabAkara vaha mara gyaa| rAjAne tejapAla ko bahuta puraskAra diyaa| ___eka samaya cAra puruSoM ne dillI se Akara vastupAla ko sUcanA dI ki, mojadIna suratrANa ( moIjuddIna baharAmazAha pazcima dizA kI ora se sainya lekara ravAnA huA hai| maMtrI ne turaMta una logoM ko vIradhavala ke pAsa bhejA taba unhoMne maMtrI hI ko isa viSaya kA prabaMdha karane ko niyata kiyA / isane arbuda girI ke nAyaka dhArAvarSa se kahalAyA ki jaba yavana senA dakSiNa kI ora AjAve to vaha ghAMToM ko roka de| usane vaisA hI kiyA / vastupAla acAnaka una para tUTa paDA / yavana tobA tobA kara idhara udhara bhAgane lage, paraMtu mArga ruke the| nidAna ve mAre gaye / vastupAla ne unake ( tacchIrSala kSaiH zakaTAnimatvA ) lAkhoM muMDa chakaDe meM ladavAkara lAye aura vIradhavala ko dikhAe / jAvAlIpura [ jabalapura ] meM udayasiMha nAma kA cauhAna rAjA rAjya karatA thaa| usake tIna bhAI beTe the| jinake sAmaMtapAla, anaMtapAla, ora trilokasiMha the apanI AjIvikA nyUna hone ke kAraNa ve vIradhavala ke pAsa se vArthI aae| rAjA ko ina vIra rAjapUtoM kI AkRti, teja aura udyamazIlatA pasanda AI; paraMtu jaba vetana ke liye pUchA to unhoMne eka lAkha drama maaNge| isa para rAjA ne kahA ki isane dravya
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________________ meM to saikaDoM yoddhA niyojita kiye jA sakate haiM, tuma unase adhika kyA karoge ? vastupAla ne rAjA ko bahuta samajhAyA ki " yogya puruSoM kI yogyatA ke Age dhana kucha nahIM hai| . paraMtu rAjA ne na mAnA aura unheM vidA kiye| nidAna ve loga bhadrezvara [ kaccha ] ke rAjA bhImasena [ bhImasiMha ] ke pAsa cale gye| usane inako rakhaliye aura vIradhavala se yuddha pukAga / isa yuddha meM vIradhavala kI hAra huI, kintu raka yoddhAoM ne vIradhavala kA pAna khAyA hone se use choDa diyA, aura tAnA mArA ki Apake sekaDoM yoddhA kahAM haiM ? aMta meM saMdhI huii| vastupAla tejapAla ko somezvara kI hara jagaha sahAyatA huI hai / jaba vastupAla dholake meM ThaharA thA usakI auSadha zAlA se usake eka sevaka ne kUDA pheMkA jo daiva vazAt usI mArga se pAlakI meM baiThakara jAte hue mahArAjA vimala deva ke mAmA "siMha" ke sirapara jA giraa| unako bahuta krodha AyA, pAlakI se utara kara vaha turaMta usa sthAna meM ghusa gyaa| usane usa sevaka ko khUba pITA, aura kahA ki tujhe dIkhatA nahIM thA ki maiM kauna hUM ? idhara mAmA apane ghara gaye aura becArA sevaka rotA cillAtA vastupAla ke nikaTa pahuMcA, jo usa samaya bhojana karane ko baiThA hI thA / maMtrI ekadama uTha khaDA huA / sevaka ko sAMtvanA dI; paraMtu garva meM . cUra hokara gajA ke mAmA siMha ne sevaka ke alpa aparAdha
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________________ para kaThora daMDa diyA yaha maMtrI ke liye asahanIya thA / usane apane sipAhiyoM se kahA "kyA tumameM se aisA koI hai jo mere manodAha ko dUra kara sake ? yaha sunakara 'bhUNapAla' nAmakA kSatrIya bolA ki Apa Adeza dIjiye maiM sevA karane ko taiyAra hUM / vastupAla ne kahA ki basa Adeza yahI hai ki tuma jeThuyA [ jeThuA ] vaMzIsiMha kA dAhinA hAtha kATakara le Ao / usa vIra ne aisA hI kiyaa| maMtrI ne usa hAtha ko apane makAna para laTakavA diyA / isa bhayaMkara kArya ke duSpariNAma se vastupAla anabhijJa nahIM thaa| usane AzritoM se kahA ki, hamaneM balavAna se mahA vaira uptanna kara liyA hai| aba hamArI mRtyu meM koI saMdeha nahIM hai| ataH hamAre sAtha rahanevAloM meM se jinako avazyaM bhAvi hAni se bhaya ho ve pahile se yahAM se cale jAveM / udhara siMha ne bhI apanA dala jamAyA / aura vastupAla ko sakuTuMba mArane kA vicAra kara prasthAna kiyA / rAjA ko bhI yaha samAcAra vidita ho gayA usane turaMta somezvara ko bulAyA aura usa kI salAha lI, somezvara vastupAla ke pAsa gayA aura apanI buddhimAnI se usa kA siMha se sAtha mela karA diyA aura rAjA ko bhI zAMta kara diyA / - ye dono bhAI baDehI nIti-kuzala, guNI, vIra paropakArI aura vidvAnoM kA satkAra karanevAle hue|
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________________ 111 somezvarAdi kaviyoM ko inoMne bhUmi Adi dAna dvArA puSkala AjIvikA kara dI jisa kI kRtajJatA prakAzita karate hue somezvarane kahA hai: ' sUtre vRtti kRtA pUrva durga siMhana dhIyatA / visutretu kRtA teSAM vastupAlana maMtriNA " vastupAla somezvara ko bahuta Adara karatA thA : eka samaya vastupAla dholakA se staMbhapura gyaa| jaba vaha hAM pahuMcA to usa samaya kucha ghoDe nAvoM meM se Aye hue the 1 usane usa samaya una ghoDoM kI ora tathA samudra kI ora.. dekhakara kahA: prAvRTa kAle payo rAziH kathaM garjita varjitaH ? arthAt-varSA Rtu meM yaha samudra binA garjanA ke kyoM haiM ? somezvarane uttara diyA: "" zrataH supta jagannAtha nidrAbhaMga bhayA diva "6 vastupAlaye prasanna hokara usI samaya ve amulya 16 ghoDe somezvara ko bheTa diye / eka samaya kaieka kavi baiThe the aura paraspara meM manohara saMbhASaNa kara rahe the ki usa samaya vastupAlane eka samasyA dI /
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________________ 112 __ " kAkaH kiMvA kramelakaH" arthAt-kauvA yA UMTa / ina asaMgata zabdoM se somezvarajIne turaMta kavitA kara sunAI " yenAgaccha manmAkhyAto yenAnI tazcamepatiH ! prathamaM sakhi ! kaH pUjyaH kAkaH kiMvA kramelakaH // isa para maMtrine 16 sahastra drama bheTa kiye / vastupAla svayaM vidvAna tathA zrImAna hone ke kAraNa usane vidvAnoM ko . bahuta dAna diyA hai| una meM se pUrvokta kucha namune pAThakoM ko dikhAe gae haiN| ___ rAjA vIradhavala ke pazcAt unakA kaniSTa putra vimalasiMhA sanAsIna huA taba vastupAla ke adhikAra kama karadiye gave itanA hI nahIM kintu eka muMha lage samarAka nAma ke pratihAra ke kahane para rAjA maMtrI se balAtkAra dhana mAMgane lgaa| unhoMne kahA ki "hamAre pAsa jo dhana thA vaha zatrujaya Adi tIrtha sthAnoM para lagA cuke aura aba kucha nahIM rahA hai " vastupAla ne kisI samaya samarAka ko daMDa diyA thA usane apane anukUla rAjA ko aisA sikhA paDhA diyA thA ki rAjA ne vastupAla kA kahA na mAnA aura kahane lagA ki yadi tumhAre pAsa dhana nahIM hai to tuma "divya" ho / maMtrI ne rAjA se pUchA " Apa kaisA divya cAhate haiM" ? "usane eka ghaDe meM sAMpa rakhavAkara sAmane kiyA aura kahA ki "yaha divya hai / yadi tuma sacce ho to isameM hAtha DAlo, sAMpa nahIM
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________________ 113 kaattegaa"| baDI kaThiNa samasyA A paDI / rAjA yamarAja se bhI bhaMyakara ho gyaa| usa samaya rAjA ko kauna samajhAve kintu somezvarane eka anyokti dvArA rAjA ko upadeza dekara anartha se bcaayaa| mAsAnmAMsala pATalA parimala vyAlola rolamvataH prApya prauDhi mimAM samIra ! mahatIM hanta tvayA kiM kRtam / sUryAcaMdra masau nirastata masau dUraM tiraskRtya ya-- tyAda sparza sahaM vihAyAsa rajaH sthAne tayoHsthApitam / / __ arthAt-he vAyu ! mahino mahIne taka gulAba kI sugaMdhi meM ghUmane ke bAda aba isa pravRddha avasthA ko prApta hokara tUne yaha kyA anartha karaDAlA ! are, jina sUrya aura caMdramAne aMdhaHkAra ko dUra kiyA unhIM kA narAdara karake Aja tU AkAza meM unake sthAna para pairoM ke sparza karane bAlI dhUli ko spApita kara rahA hai / saMgha yaatraa| ___ upara kahe anusAra vastupAla tejapAla ne dharmamArga meM saca meM hI agaNita dravya kA vyaya kiyA hai| maMtrI ne tIrtha yAtrA ke vAste saMgha nikAlA aneka sAthI, sevaka, hAthI, baila ratha, gADI, Avazyaka kula vastuoM ko lekara zubha muhUrta para unoMne yAtrA ke liye prasthAna kiyA / yAtrA meM vastupAla kA praNa thA ki saba ne bhojana karane ke pazcAta sonA, aura auroM
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________________ 114 I ke pahile nidrA se uTha baiThanA / yaha yAtriyoM kA saMgha jina nagaroM meM hokara nikalA vahAM ke AbhIzoM ne usa kA pUrNa satkAra kiyA / mArga meM saba loka saMpradAya ke ucita gIta gAte jAte aura jahAM koI jinezvaroM kA bimva aura zvatAMbaroM ke samUha milate vahAM unakA arcana kara vaha Age baDhatA / isa taraha calate calate vaha saMgha sahita zatruMjaya parvata ke zikhara para phuNcaa| vahAM pUjAeM kI, aura zrI neminAtha tathA zrI pArzvanAtha ke do vizAla maMdira bnvaae| pichale maMdira ke maMDapa meM apane pUrvaja tathA suhRdoM kI azvArohita mUrtiyAM sthApita kI vahAM eka zItala jalakA sarovara bhI vanavAyA / tadanaMtara vahAM se calakara vaha raivataka ( giranAra ) pahuMcA / vahAM para zrI neminAtha ke maMdira meM jAkara bhAvapUrNa pUjA kii| yahAM se zrI jinendra caraNAraviMda ko pramANakara arthIjanoM ko dAna dekara apane nagara ko lauTakara unheM bidA kiyA / isa saMgha meM sAta lAkha manuSya sAtha hone kA vastupAla prabaMdha meM ullekha hai| maMdirAdiH - ina donoM bhAIyoM ne dakSiNa meM zrI zaila, pazcima meM prabhAsa, uttara meM keMdAra aura pUrva meM kAzItaka itane dharmaM sthAna banavAye ki jinakA ginanA kaThina hai / zatruMjaya giranAra tathA AbU para to inhoMne alaukika maMdira banavAe inameM
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________________ kramazaH 18 karoDa nabbe lAkha, bAraha karoDa assI lAkha aura bAraha karoDa tirapana lAkha kA vyaya huA / dharma-kArya meM inakA kula tIna araba caudaha lAkha rupiyA lgaa| inake banavAye uttama maMdiroM meM se kevala AbU ke 'lUNavasiMha' nAma ke maMdira kA varNana pAThakoM ke liye diyA jAtA hai / ___ yaha maMdira vastupAla ke choTe bhAI tejapAlane apanA putra lUNasiMha (lAvaNyasiMha) tathA apanI strI anupama devI ke kalyANa ke , vAste kaI karoDa rupaye meM vi. saM. 1287 (i. sa.1231 ) meM bnvaayaa| ( yahAM ke zilA lekha meM vi. saM. 1287 hai paraMtu tIrtha kalpa meM 1288 likhA hai ) yaha maMdira zilpakalA kA eka namunA hai| vimalazAha ke maMdira kI yaha maMdira kucha samatA karatA hai| bhAratIya zilpa saMbaMdhI viSayoM ke lekhaka mi. phargyusana likhate haiM ki: " isa maMdira meM jo ki saMgamarmara kA banA hai atyaMta parizrama karane vAle hiMduoM kI TAMkI se samAna bArIkI ke sAtha aisI manohara AkRtiyAM banAI gaI haiM ki unakI nakala kAgaja para banAne ko. kitane hI zrama tathA samaya meM bhI maiM samartha nahIM ho sktaa| (pi. i. Apha. e. A. ina hiMdusthAna ). isa maMdira ke guMbaja kI kArAgarI ke saMbaMdha meM karnala TaoNDa sAhebane likhA hai ki: " isakA citra tayAra karane meM lekhanI thaka jAtI hai aura atyaMta parizramI citrakAra kI kalama ko bhI mahAna parizrama uThAnA pddegaa|"
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________________ mi. phaoNrvesane apanI " rAsamAlA" meM vimalazAha tathA vastupAla tejapAla ke maMdiroM ke saMbaMdha meM likhA hai ki:- "ina maMdiroMkI khudAIke kAma meM svAbhAvika nirjIva padArthoM ke citra bane haiM itanAhI nahIM kintu sAMsArika jIvana ke dRzya, vyApAra tathA naukA-zAstra ke citra tathA raNa saMgrAma ke citra bhI khude haiN|" isakI chata meM jaina dharma kI aneka kathAoM ke citra haiN| isameM mukhya maMdira (gaMbhArA), Age guMbajadAra sabhA-maMDapa, AsapAsa ke choTe choTe jinAlaya tathA pIche hastIzAlA atyaMta manohara hai| maMdira meM mukhya murti neminAtha bhagavAna kI hai| yahAM para do bar3e baDe zilA lekha haiM eka dholakA ke rANA bIradhavala ke purohita tathA "kIrti-kaumudI aura surathotsava" kAvyoM ke kartA kavi somezvara kA racA huA hai| isameM vastupAla tejapAla ke vaMza kA varNana, arNorAja se lagAkara vIradhavala taka kI vaghela rAjAoM kI nAmAvalI AbU tatha / sirohI ke rAjAoM kA vRttAMta isa maMdira kI prazaMsA tathA hastizAlA kA varNana Adi hai| yaha 74 zlokoM kA eka choTAsA suMdara kAvya hai| isI ke dusare zilA lekha meM jo gadya meM hI hai; vizeSa kara isa maMdira ke vArSikotsava Adi kI jo vyavasthA kI gaI thI usakA varNana hai / isameM AbU para ke tathA nIce ke aneka gAMvoM ke nAma likhe gaye haiM. jahAM ke mahAjanoMne prativarSa niyata dinoM para yaha utsava karanA svIkAra,
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________________ kiyA thaa| ina lekhoM ke atirikta choTe choTe jinAlayoM meM se bahudhA pratyeka dvAra para bhI suMdara lekha khude hue haiN| isa maMdira ko banavAkara tejapAlane apanA nAma amara kiyA itanAhI nahIM kintu usane apane kuTuMba ke aneka strI-puruSoM ke nAma amara kara diye / isa maMdira meM jo choTe choTe bAvana jinAlaya hai unake dvArapara usane apane saMbaMdhiyoM ke nAma ke suMdara lekha khudavA diye haiN| pratyeka choTA jinAlaya unameM se kisI na ke nimitta banavAyA gayA thaa| mukhya maMdira ke dvAra ke donoM tarapha baDI kArAgirI se bane do tAka haiN| inameM se eka vastupAla kI strIne aura eka tejapAla kI strIne apane apane nijI / vyaya se banavAyA thA aisA AcArya thI zAMtivijayajI "jaina tIrtha gAIDa" meM likhate haiM paraMtu vaha ThIka nahIM hai| vAstava meM ye donoM tAka vastupAlane apanI dusarI strI suhaDA devI ke zreya ke nimitta banavAya the| muhaDA devI paTTana ke rahane vAle moDha jAti ke mahAjana ThAkura jAlhaNa ke putra Thakura AsAkI / putrI thI aisA unapara khude , hue lekhoM se jJAta hotA hai / ( yaha lekha' isI pustaka meM dusarI jagaha diyA gayA hai)| isa maMdira kI hastizAlA meM bahuta hI suMdara saMgamaramara kI dasa hathaniyAM haiM, jinapara caMDapa, caMDaprasAda, somasiMha, azvarAja luNiga, malladeva, vastupAla, tejapAla, jaitrasiMha aura lAvaNyasiMha (luNasiMha ) kI baiThI mUrtiyAM thI paraMtu aba
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________________ una para eka bhI murti nahIM rahI / ina hathaniyoM ke pIche pUrva kI dIvAra meM dasa tAka bane haiM jinameM inhIM dasa puruSoM kI striyoM sahita patthara kI khaDI mUrtiyAM banI haiM / * ina saba ke hAthoM meM puSpa mAlAeM haiM / vastupAla ke sirapara pASANa kA chatra bhI hai| pratyeka puruSa tathA strI kA nAma mUrti ke nIce khudA huA hai| apane kuTuMba bhara kA isa prakAra kA smAraka banAne kA kAma yahAM ke kisI dusare puruSane nahIM kiyaa| yaha maMdira zobhanadeva nAma ke zilpane banAyA thaa| musalamAnoMne isako bhI toDAyA [ anumAnataH vi. saM. 1366 (i. sa. 1309) meM allAudIna khilajIne jAlora ke cauhAna rAjA kAnhaDa deva para caDhAI kI thI taba ] isa kA jIrNoddhAra pethaDa [ pIDathaH]. ne karavAyA thA / jIrNoddhAra kA lekha eka staMbhapara khudA hai / paraMtu isa meM saMvata nahIM diyaa| isa maMdira kI pUjA Adi ke liye isane vAraTha pragaNe kA DavANI gAMva diyA jo aba DamANo nAmase prasiddha hai| vahAM se mile hue vi. saM. 1296 zrAvaNa su. 5 ke lekhameM ukta maMdira tejapAla aura unakI strI anupamA devI ke nAmoM kA ullekha hai| * pahile tAka meM cAra mUrtiyAM khaDI haiM jinameM 1 zrAcArya udayasana kI 2 zrAcArya vijayasena kI 3 caMDapa kI aura 4 caMDapakI strI cAMpala devI kI hai| udayasana vijayasena kA ziSya thA. ye nAgeMdra gaccha ke sAdhu aura vastupAla ke kulaguru the. ukta maMdira kI pratiSThA vijayasena ne hI karAI thii|
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________________ 119 vastupAla aisA zrImAna tathA sattAdhArI thA to bhI vaha: ekAhArI bhUmi saMstApakArI, padbhayAMcAri zuddha samyakRtva dhArI. yAtrAkAle sarvasaccitahArI, puNyAtnA syAda brahmacArI bine ki. arthAt - eka samaya bhojana karanevAlA, jamInapara bistara * DAlakara sonevAlA, paidala calanevAlA, zuddha sadAcArI yAtrA ke samaya jaina brahmacarya tathA ke anusAra ahAra, tyAga, sAdhu viveka se calanevAlA thA / vastupAla ko nimnokta padviyAM thI: -- 66 1 prAgvATa jJAti alaMkAra, 2 sarasvatI kaMThA bharaNa 3 saciva cUDAmaNi, 4 kUrcAla sarasvatI, 5 dharma putra, 6 laghubhoja rAja, 7 khaMDerA, 8 dAtAra cakravartI, 9 buddhi abhaya kumAra, 10 RSi kaMdarpa, 11 caturimA cANAkya, 12 jJAti vArAha, 13 jJAti govAla, 14 saiyada vaMzakSaya kAla, 15 sAMkhalArAya [ zaMstra ] mAna madana, 6 majjAjaina, 17 gaMbhIra 18 dhIra, 19 udAra, 20 nirvikAra, 21 uttamajana mAnanIya 22 sarva jana zlAghanIya 23 zAMta, 24 RSi putra 25 para nArI sahodara | ( zrImAlioMnA jJAtibheda pR. 116 ) aMta meM vi. saM. 1298 meM vastupAla bImAra hogayA / usane rAjA se aMtima bidA mAMgI va zatruMjaya ko prastAna kiyA 9
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________________ 120 paraMtu vahAMtaka na pahuMca sakA, mArga meM hI usakA zarirAMta hogyaa| inake tIna varSa pazcAt tejapAla bhI surapura ko sidhaare|' ... . . poravADa jJAti to ThIka hI kiMtu sArA jainasamAja inakA RNi hai| bhArata kI zilpa kalA ke sAtha sAtha inakA nAma bhI gaurava pUrNa amaratva pAyA hai| hisTrI enDa liTarecara oNpha jainijhama pRSTa 74 meM likhA hai ki:-. In his [ Vidyanand ] tire lived Vastupal and Tejpal brother minister of the king of Gujrat [ Virdha wal ) in 1231 A. 1). They errected on Mts. Abu a temple near thut of Vimalshuh in the front wall of which there are nitches ornamented with elegant and exquisite desigues unequalled in India. They were great warriors and helped their king in his wars with neighbouring princes. They led large numbers of Jains ou pilgrimage to varions holi places & raised Jainism to a state of splandour only next to that time of Kumarpal __ arthAta-vidyAnaMda ke samaya meM gujarAta ke rAjA vIradhavala ke maMtrI baMdhuvdaya tejapAla vastupAla hue| I. sa 1231 meM inoMne AbUpara vimalazAha ke maMdira ke sannidha maMdira
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________________ banavAyA usakI sAmane kI dIvAla meM jo do deva kulikAeM haiM unakI kArAgirI aura suMdaratA kI barAbarI karane vAlA namunA sAre bhArata bhara meM nahIM hai| ve ( vastupAla tejapAla) acche yoddhA the aura nikaTavarti rAjAoM ke sAtha ke yuddhoM meM unhoMne apane rAjA ko bahuta sahAyatA dI / unoMne tIrtha yAtrA ke saMgha nikAle the aura jaina dharma kI uccatama prabhAvanA karane meM kumArapAla se unakA dusarA hI naMbara thaa| vastupAla tejapAla ke kucha mahatvapUrNa zilAlekha upara kahe anusAra zivamaMdira ke shilaalekh| magara-mAravAGa zrI mIDabhaMjana mahAdeva ke maMdira meM sUrya ke AsapAsa kI donoM ora kI strI mUrtiyoM ___ kI caraNa caukIpara ... 1 dAhine trphH1|| OM // saMvata 1292 barSa ASAr3ha sudi 7 ravI zrI nArada muni vinivezite zrI nagaravara mahAsthAne saM. 90 2182 varSe ati varSAkAla vazAdati purANa tayAca Akasmika zrI jayAditya devIya mahA prasAda viniSThAyAM / . 3 / zrIrAjula devI mUrte pazcAt zrImat patana vAstavya prAgvATa Tha. caMDamAtmaja Tha. zrI caMDaprasAdAMgaja Tha. zrI so - /
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________________ 122. 4 / - matanuja Tha. zrI AsArAja naMdanena Tha. zrI kumAra devI kukSI saMbhUtena mahAmAtya zrI vastupAlena svabhAryAma - 1 5|-hN zrI sa-puNyArthamidaiva zrI jayAditya devapalyA zrI rAjala delyAM mUtiriya kAritA // zubhamastu / / . 2 bAye trphH1||AUM|| saMvata 1292 ASADa sudi 7 ravI zrI nArada muni vinavezIte zrI nagaravara mahAsthAne saM. 9082 varSe a 2|-tivrssaakaal vazAdati purANaM tayAca Akasmika zrI jayAdityA devIya mahAprasAda pattana viniSThAMyA zrI ratnAdevI mUrto- ( tau ) 3 / pazcAta zrImata vAstavya pattana prAgvATa Tha. zrI caMDapAtmaja Tha. zrI caMDaprAsAdAMgaja Tha. zrI somatanuja Tha. zrI AsArAjananda -1 4|-nen Tha. zrI kumAra devI kukSi saMbhUtena mahAmAtya zrI vastupAlena svabhAryA mAyAH Tha. kanhaDa putryAH Tha. saMpUtka kSibhavA 5|-yaaH mahaM zrI lalitA devyA puNyArthamihaiva zrI jayAditya devapalyA zrI ratnAdevI, mUrtiriya kAritA // zubhamastu // 6 //
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________________ 123 ukta donoM lekha kI prathama paMkti ke aMta meM "saM. 9082 varSe " likhA hai paraMtu yaha saMvata kaunasA hai isakA ThIka ThIka patA abhI calatA nahIM / isI anusAra gANesara gujarAta kI jaina maMdira kI nimnokta prazasti meM bhI AraMbha meM / / 90 / / likhA hai vaha samajha meM nahIM AtA / yaha saM. 1802 honA saMbhavanIya hai / 3 pethaDazAha tathA muMjAla / prasiddha prAgvATa vaMzIya caMDasiMha ke sAta putroM meM se sabase baDe peDa aura pAMcave muMjAla the| ye pATaNa ke rAjA karNasiMha ke samaya hue / pethaDazAha ne zatruMjaya tathA giranAra kI yAtrA ke saMgha nikAle the| pethaDa ke saMbaMdha meM vimala prabaMdha meM likhA hai ki: "vAhaDa jAhaDa pethaDa taNI kaliyugrI kIrati varataI ghaNI " muMjAla inase bhI prabhAvazAlI the / ve karNadeva ke maMtrI the / unheM mahAmAtya kI padavI thii| inake samaya pATaNa meM ye hI kartA hartA the aura vahAM jainoM kI baDI calatI thI / rAjA karNadeva kI paTTarANI milanadevI, mahAjana jaina vaMzIya thii| aura inhIM ke anurodha se usakA karNadeva ke sAtha vivAha huA thA / raNivAsa tathA rAjya meM inakA hilAyA pattA hilatA thA / muMjAla kI kIrti dUra dUra taka phailI
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________________ 124 1 thI / unake nAma kI huMDI yunAna tathA misara meM bhI sikaratI thI / ( pATaNanI prabhAta se ) pethaDazAha ne saMDerapura meM jo maMdira banavAyA hai usakI nimnokta prazAsta hai: .6 ...... jiNadAsa mahattara " ititena racitA cUrNuiriyam samyakU tathA''mnAya.. * bhAvAda troktaM yadutsUtram / matimAndyAdvA kiMcitacchAdhyaM zrutadharaiH kRpAkalitaiH // 1 // zrI zIlabhadra sUriNAM ziSyaH zrIcadra sUribhiH / viMza ko deza ke vyAkhyA dRvdhA svapara hetave // 2 // vedAzvayukte 1974 vikrama saMvatsaretu mRgazIrSe / mAgha sidvA dazAyAM samApito'yaM ravauvAre // 3 // iti zrI nizItha cUrNiviMzako dezaka vyAkhyA samAptA // graMthA graMtha saMkhyA 28000 // svisti zrI prabhu vardhamAna bhagavatprAsAda vibhAjiteM zrI saMDerapure surAlaya same prAgvATa vaMzottamaH / AbhUrbhUriyazA abhUta sumiti bhUrbhUmi prabhu - prAcita - Ssta jAto'nvaya padmabhAsuraraviH zreSThI mahAnAsaDaH || 1 || hanmukhyo mokha nAmA naya vinaya nidhi sUnurA sittadIyastadbhAtA varddhamAnaH samajani janatAsu sva sojanyamAnaH anyUnA'nyAya mArgAva nayana rasika statsataJcaNusiMhaH / satpA''maMstattanUjAH prathita guNa gaNAH pethaDasteSupUrvaH || 2 || narasiMha ratnasiMhau caturtha malastatastu muMjAla: / vikramasiMhoM dharmaNa ityete 'syAnujAH kramataH ||3|| saDera kehila pATaka pattanasyAsanne yaeva niramApayaducca caityaM / sva svaiH svakIya kula daivata vIra sevyaza - ( ? ) kSaitrAdhirAja sattAzrita sannidhAnam // 4 // vAsAvanItena samaMca jAte kalau kulau sthApaya deva hetoH / 1
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________________ bIjApuraM kSatriya mukhya vIja-sauhadato loka karAddhakArI (?) // 5 // atrarIrI maya jJAta . nadana pratimAvintam / yazcaityaM kArayAmAsa lasattoraNa saMjitam // 6 // yo kAraya tsaciva puMgava vastupAla-nirmApite'rbudagira // * * * . ukta prazasti se baMzAvali / - AbhU AsAr3a mokha vardhamAna caMDasiMha pethaDa narasiMha ratnasiMha caturthamalla muMjAla vikramasiMha dharmaNa pana lAGanasiMha _ maMDalika vijita (pAna-varamaNakAI) sahasravIra kAhanA
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________________ 126 gharaNAsA rtnaasaa| prAgvATa vaMza meM saMghavI sAnara [ mAMgaNa ] ke suta saM0 kurapAla bhAryA kAmala de ke putra prasiddha dharaNA aura ratnA hue| inoMne lAkho rupaye vyayakara ke saMgha nikAle zatrujayAdikI tIrtha yAtrA kI / zatrujaya, ajAharI, pIMDara vATa sAlerA Adi sthAnoM meM maMdira jaina vihAra Adi naye bhI banavAye aura kaIyoM kA jirNoddhAra kraayaa| inoMkA banavAyA rANapura ( mAravADa ) kA caturmukha vihAra atyaMta prekSaNIya hai / isakI cittAkarSaka tathA Azcarya kAraka mAMDaNI isake guMbaca kI bhavyatA tathA pramANa yuktatA prekSaka ko maMtra mugdha kara detI hai / Aja bhI kaI pAzcimAtya kArAgIra enjiniyara use dekha kara dhanya dhanya kahate haiN| isake banAne meM bhI lagabhaga 15 karoDa ke vyaya huA hai| rANapura kI prazastI meM inake vaMza likhA hai ki: " vinaya viveka dheyA~ dArya zubhakarma nirmala nIlAdyabhduta guNa maNimayA bharaNa bhAsura gAtreNa zrImada hammada suratrANa datta phuramANa sAdhu zrI guNarAja saMghapati sAhacartha kAri devAlayA DaMmara purAsara zrI zatrujayAdi tIrtha yAtreNa / +++ // ( rANapura prazasti ) /
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________________ 127 rANapura kA vihAra saMvata 1496 meM baMdhavAyA gayA ! usa samaya guhila vaMzI rANA kuMbhakarNa mevADa ke rANA the| guhila vaMza meM ye 41 veM rANA the| rANapura prazasti ka anusAra dharaNAsA ratnAsA kI vNshaavlii| saM. mAgara [ mAMgaNa ] kurapAla [ bhA. kAmalade] dharaNA saM. ratnA [bhA. ratnAde]] 5 RT. jAvA. jAvaDA. posinA kA zreSThi uhaDa kA vNsh| . isa vaMza meM uhaDa ne pAMdaparA grAma meM [uMdira] vasahi kA caitya thaa| zrI mahAvIra kI pratimA bnaaii| ina ke putra brahmadeva, zaraNadeva meM se pahilene vi. saM. 1305 meM neminAtha
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________________ 128 ke maMdira kA raMga-maMDapa dADhA dhara bnaayaa| dUsare ne saMptaviMzata tIrtha kiye saM 1310 meM / ina ke putroMne 1338 saMvata meM vAsupujya kI devakulikA banavAI. aura saM. 1345 meM zrI saMmeta zikharajI kI mukhya prAtaSThA kraaii| evaM isa vaMza ke cAra paDhiI taka sabhI vaMzajoMne aise dharma kArya kiye ki jinakA smaraNa ukta smAraka upasthita haiM vahAMtaka saMsAra ko rhegaa| inakA-zilAlekhaM / [ posInA-bharuca-bherava mUrti ke nIce ], 1 prAgvATa vaMze zre0 uhaDa yena zrI jina. 2 / bhadrasUri sadupadezena pAdaparAgAme uM- 3 dira vasahi kA caityaM zrImahAvIra pratimA 4 / yutaM kAritaM / tatputrau brahmadeva zaraNa de- 5 kai brahma devena saM. 1305 atraiva zrI ne 6 / mi maMdira raMga maMDapa dADhA dharaH kAritaH 7 / zrI ratnaprabha sUri sadupadezena tadanuja zre0 8 / zaraNadeva bhAryA suhava devi tatputraH zre0 . 9 vIracaMdra pAsaDa / AMbaDa rAvaNa / yai zrI para.. 10 mAnaMda sUriNA mupadezena saptaviMzata tIrtha kA 11 ritaM // saM. 1310 varSe / vIracaMdra bhAryA rukhamiNI12 putra pUnA bhAryA sAhaga putra lUNAM jhAMjhaNa AM13 baDa putra bIjA khetA / rAvaNa bhAryA hIru putra vo14 DA bhAryA kAmala putra kdduaa|| dvi0 jayatA bhAryA mUM15 chA putra devapAla / kumarapAla / tR0 arisaMha bhA0.
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________________ 129 16 gaDara devI prabhRti kuTumba samanvitaiH zrI paramA17 naMda sUriNAmupadezana saM. 1338 zrI vAsupUjya18 deva kulikA / saM 1345 zrI sameta zikhara19 tIrthaM mukhya pratiSThA mahA tIrtha yAtrAM vidhApyA20 tma janma evaM puNya paraMparayA saphalI kRtaH 21 tadadyApi posinA grAme zrI saMghena pUjyamAna22 masti || zubabhastu zrI zramaNa saMgha prasAdataH // ujjayanI ke bIsA poravADa / Ajase-lagabhaga 300 varSa pUrva se 50 varSa pUrva taka ujjayanIke poravADoM ke pArasI tathA gujarAtI bhASA ke likhe kavAle jo upalabdha hue haiM una para se tathA vRddha sajAtiyoM ke svanirikSita varNana para se mAnane meM koI harakata nahIM ki Ajase pacAsa sATha varSa pUrva taka vahAM ke pauravAloM kI bahuta acchI sthiti thI / ujjayanI meM Aja jahAM [ kArtika cauka meM ] bhoI logoM kA nivAsa sthAna haiM vahAM pahile saba poravADa rahate the / rAjA kI ora se una ko bahuta sanmAna milatA thA, evaM ve zrImAna tathA rAjamAnya bhI the / unameM se kaI logoM ko 1
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________________ - 130 rAja kI ora se myAne kI savArI kA sanmAna milA thaa| usa samaya poravADa mahilAeM prAyaH bahuta kama bAhara nikalatI thIM, kintu kahA jAtA hai ki, jaba koI parva tyohAra vA utsava ke samaya ve ikaTThI hokara nikalatI to una ke pIche gAMva ke saikaDoM daridrI calate jAte / ve isI AzA se ki poravADa mahilAoM ke vastroM meM lambe hue motI kA zarIra para dhAraNa kiye alaMkAroM meM se kucha ghire to mila jAve / kyoM ki usa samaya poravADa itane zrImAna the ki una ke ghara , kI striyAM apane leheMge lugaDoM meM sacce motI kI jhAlareM lagAtIna alaMkAra kI to bAta hI nirAlI. kArtika cauka ke atirikta khArA kuA tathA khuNAMcI meM sI poravAloM kA nivAsa thaa| khAre kue para dhanADhya zreSThI mAdhavasiMha khUbacaMda aphImiyA kI havelI [ makAna ] aba bhI hai paraMtu zoka hai ki vaha aba eka boharA jJAtiya musalamAna kI sthAvara sampatti hai| aphImiyA ati sampattimAna the / kahA jAtA hai una ke kevala pUjA ke suvarNa upakaraNa savA lAkha se adhika mUlya ke the / una kI saMpatti kA tola karane ko paccIsa dallAloM ko che mAsa lagate taba hotA thA / sunA hai ki eka samaya koI rAjavaMza kI sanmAnya mahilA zreSThajI kI havelI dekhane AI taba zreSThajI kI bhAryA kI ora se una kA yogya sanmAna na honase ve ruSTa hokara calI gii| zreSThajI ke pazcAt unakI apAra saMpattI kA apaharaNa huaa| una ke dAna kiye jaina maMdira tathA upAzraya
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________________ 131 aba bhI ujjaina meM unhIM havelIke sannidha bane haiN| havelI sacamuca . dekhane yogya gRha hai| upalabdha kavAloM meM se eka gujarAtI bhASAkA vi. saM. 1791 kA tathA phArasI bhASA kA phasalI sana. 1121 [vi. saM. 1760 ] kA, ujjaina ke rupacaMda bina harIcaMda baniyA poravADa isa nAma kA milA hai| arthAt Ajase lagabhaga 226 varSa se pahile evaM 1760 se pahile se poravADa loka mAlavA tathA ujjaina meM rahate the| usa samaya unakI gujarAtI bhASA thI ataeva unakA gujarAta se AnA bahuta saMbhavanIya hai| ina kavAloM ke avalokana se yaha bhI jJAta hotA hai ki "pahile saubhAgyavati mahilAeM apane hastAkSara kI jagaha. puDhe svastika kA cinha banAyA karatI thii| . paraMtu hA !! Aja se dasa bAraha varSa pUrva ujjaina meM kevala tIna cAra ghara vIsA poravADauM ke tathA kucha adhika jAMgaDA poravADauM ke raha gaye the| aba phira vahAM vyApAra nimitta ratalAma zAjApura Adi sthAnoM se kucha poravADa A base haiM aura aba bIsA poravADoM kI lagabhaga 9 ke graha saMkhyA vahAM hai|
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________________ caudharI-kula devAsa / mAlavA prAMta ke bIsA poravADoM meM caudharI kula kI barAbarI karane vAlA koI dUsarA kula pahile na thA aura Aja bhI nahIM hai / Aja kI avanata dazA meM bhI isa kula ke lagabhaga sataraha ghara devAsa meM haiN| ___ poravADoM kA saMbaMdha paurava kula se hai yaha pAThaka pahile isI pustaka meM par3ha cuke haiM / yahI saMbaMdha isa gharANe meM aura purukula ke prasiddha, pavAra gharANe meM Aja bhI pracalita hai| ina donoM gharANoM kA sevya sevaka-bhAva Aja kaI zatAbdiyAM dekha cukI haiM / donoM kula sukha duHkha ke samaya eka dUsare ko sAtha dete Aye haiN| pezavA ke samaya jaba pavAra sarakAra haradA haMDiyA prAMta ke sUbe the taba mAlavA prAMta kA vasUlI kA kAma isI gharANe ke 'supurda thA aura isa vasUlI ke kArya ke upalakSya meM inheM vasUlI kA cauthA hissA svanirvAhArtha milatA thaa| usa samaya aise uptanna ko cauthAI kahate the aura isI liye isa gharANe ko "cauthadhArI" kahA jAtA thaa| isa kA aba apabhraMza " caudharI" ho gayA hai| ina logoM ke pAsa jo kAgada patra haiM unameM eka patra I. sana 1751-52 kA prAtpa huA hai, vaha batAtA hai ki isa
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________________ 133 gharANe kA pavAra gharANe se saMbaMdha lagabhaga 174 varSa se pUrva kA hai / yahAM ke jaina maMdira meM pAMca che mUrtiyoMpara jo lekha khude hue haiM ve batAte haiM ki ve isI kula ke pUrvajoM kI banAI huI haiN| una saba para vi. saM. 1683 mahA sudi 13 ravi dina likhA hai / evaM yaha kula isa nagara meM vi. saM. 1683 se pUrva yAne 303 varSa pUrva se isI nagara meM nivAsa kara rahA hai / pAThakoM ke avalokanArtha eka do lekha nIce diye jAte haiM / 1. zrI pArzvanAtha maMdira devAsa -- cakrezvarI ke pAsa kI zveta mUrtipara / saM0 0 1683 varSa mahAsudi ( 13 ) ravi dina mAlava deza devAsa nagara poravADa jJAtiya caudharI pUjAyAM mUrti dI. sU. dvijaya vada bhA0 sajana sU0 kImatarAma bhAI jasAdAsa kezavadAsa bhA0 kezara de sU0 rAmajI kAnajI dhanajI manujI jinaM .. 1 saM0 1383 mahAsudi ( 13 ) ravi dine mAlava deze paurakhADa jJAti saM0 meghajI bhA0 hemAsomA su0 kapUracaMdajI tAMkA su0 gaMbhIracaMda su0 pemacaMda bhA0 paraghA saM0 devacaMd
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________________ 134 bhA0 kastUrA su0 harajI bhA0 sarasatI saM0 hIrAcaMda bhA0 vIrA su0 haMsarAja biMba kArApitaM sUrizvara......... .. / . ukta lekhoM se jJAta hotA hai ki inoMne saMga bhI nikAle haiM inakI banI gaDhI ke do buruja devAsa meM aba bhI zeSa haiM aura vaha sthAna kheDA nAma se prasiddha hokara vahAM para aba bhI isI kula ke vaMzajoM kA nivAsa hai| yaha kheDe kI gaDhI devAsa ke purAne rAjaprAsAda ke bilakula nikaTa hai / yaha kula devAsa rAjya kI sevA kaI zatAbdiyoM se karatA AyA hai aura kara rahA hai| ina logoM ke pAsa purAne samaya meM savAra Adi rahate the aura svAmikArya ke liye inoMne samayAnusAra apane prANa bhI dhoke meM DAle haiM / Aja kala isa kula meM bahuta loka uccazikSA pAye hue haiM aura pavAra sarakAra kI sevA meM dattacita rahate haiN| sarakAra se bhI purAnI jAgIra nemaNuka, dAmi Adi aba bhI udara poSaNa ko yathA yogya milate haiM / isa pustaka kA lekhaka svayaM indaura DelI kaoNleja meM zikSaka tathA gvAliyara rAjyAMtargata rAjA sAhaba pahAr3agar3a tamA, rAjAsAhaba ladvAra ke zikSaka bathA mArDiyana (saMrakSaka) rahe hai| isI ke bhItuna jAkimasihaMjI bhI eka supauSa vyakti hai| Apane indaura DelI koleja meM zikSA pAI hai| Apa bhI
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________________ 135 rAjAsAhaba pahAr3agar3a ke TayUTara tathA gArDiyana rahane ke pazcAta gvAliyara riyAsata ke korTa oNpha vArDasa ke membara ke padapara kAma karacuke haiN| ApakA bar3ebaDe raIsoM se mitratva hai / Apa baMdUka se acchA nizAnA lagAte haiM aura zera kI zikAra kA Apako zauka hai ApakI dilerI kA yahAM ke zrI mahArAjasAhaba ko itanA bharosA hai ki zera kI zikAra ke samaya ve inheM svayaM apane sAtha tathA apane dAmAda ke sAtha rakhate haiM / ApakA isa saMbaMdha kA chAyA citra citramaya jagatake sapTeMbara sana 1929 I. ke aMka meM bhI prasiddha hocukA hai / caudharI kulako inoM ne gauravAnvita kara rakkhA hai / 1 devAsa rAjya 2 ke caudharI chatrAsiMha rAjya koSake karmacArI haiM aura ThAkura kRSNasiMha caudharI rAjya meM tathA prajAke sanmAnanIya netA mAne jAte haiM / isa kulake vaMzaja ThAkura kahalAte haiM / aura sabhI puruSoM nAma siMhAMtaka hote haiM / purAne kAgada patroM meM dekhane se pAyAgayA hai ki pahile isakula ke logoM kI bhASA gujarAtI honA cAhiye / inheM pavAra sarakAra kI ora se caprAsa Adi sammAna sUcaka cinha mile. hue haiM / pahile inakA sikkA mortaba bhI patroM para hotA thA /
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________________ 136 isa kula meM kucha vAda upasthita hone se I0 sa0 1786 meM mahAdAjIziMde ne inake liye pUnA ke pezavA ko eka patra likhA hai; usameM inako * " dezamukha, dezapAMDe " isa nAma se saMbodhita kiyA hai| evaM poravADa jhAti meM yahI eka aisA kula pAyA jAtA hai ki jo puruvaMza kA purAnA saMbaMdha usI vaMza ke rAjA mahArAjAoM ke sAtha Ajataka mAna sanmAna se pAlatA AyA hai; aura paMvAra sarakAra bhI vaisAhI kRpayA nibhAte Aye haiN| poravADoM kI mAlavA prAMtika mahAsabhA ke prathama Adi adhivezana ke sabhApatitva kA sammAna, lekhaka ke jyeSTha bandhu caudharI-kula-dIpaka devAsa nivAsI ThAkura kRSNasiMha gaNapatasiMhajI ko hI prApta huA hai yaha sacamuca isa vaMza kA saumAgya hai| isa AnaMda ke samaya Aja tArIkha 22 mArca sana 1930 i0 ke zubha muhUrta para isa pustaka ko samAmta kara poravADa jJAti kA zubhaciMtana karate hue lekhanI vizrAma letI hai|