Jainatva Jagaran

SR No.: 002460
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhushan Shah
Publisher: Chandroday Parivar
Total Pages: 324
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 10 MB

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जैनत्व जागरण.......
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community had ever been convicted of a heinous crime. They are represented as having great scruples against taking life. Thay must not eat till thay have seen the sun, and they venerate parswnath. There are serveral colonies of the same people in chotanagpore proper, but they have not been there for more than seven generations, and they all say they originally came from panchete. Contrasted with the Moondah or cole race, they are distinguished by their fairer complexions, regular features and a peculiarity of wearing the hair in Knob rather high on the back of the head, They are enterprising, and generally manage to combine trade, They are enterprising and generally manage to combine trade with agricultural pursuits, doing business both as farmers and money lenders "(E.T. Dalton Notes on a Tour in Manbhum in 1864-65" Op. Cit. P. 186)
आज से प्रायः १३३ वर्ष पूर्व "ई.टी. डलटन साहेबने सराकों की रीति रिवाज देखकर उनके विषयमें जो भी कुछ कहा है, वह निम्न रूप है ।
(१) सराक इस क्षेत्र की पुरातन - जाति है, पर आदिवासी (हरिजनों) में से नही है । आर्यवंशोद्भूत - जाति है ।
(२) ब्रिटिश के युगमें किसी भी अपराधसे दंडित नही ।
(३) जीव हिंसा कभी नहीं करते...।
(४) सूर्योदय के पहले कभी आहार नही करते थे, और ना ही कभी सूर्यास्त के बाद आहार करते थे...।
(५) छोटा नागपुर में भरपूर सराक है । वे कई सदियों से हैं ।
(६) वर्तमान में सराकों की मान्यता है, वे पंचकोट के ही हैं । (७) सराक जाति के लोग खेतीबाड़ी, व्यवसाय तथा महाजनी के काममें दक्ष हैं ।