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Jaina Community - A Social Survey
Panchama :
Bhārgava,, Vimalakīrti, Devālaya, Satyakīrti
and Gautama. Bogara :
Ubhayaketu and Supratishtha. Naināra :
Devadatta. Vaisya :
Kāśyapa and Srivatsa. Kshatriya :
Kaśyapa. Thus, the Kāśyapa gotra alone is found in three castes, namely, Budhelānvayi from Northern India, and Vaisya and Kshatriya castes from Southern India. We have already noted the names of gotras found in various Jaina castes and it will be observed that the names of gotras for example, in Agravāla and Khandelavāla castes, mentioned in the replies are already there'. Only in the case of gotras among Hummadas mentioned in the replies, the first two gotras, namely, Läkki and Atreya, are not traceable in the list of gotras already noted.10 These two gotras have been mentioned by two persons belonging to the Visa Hummada Mevādā caste from Gujaratha and it is not known how these two have come into the Hummadas. . In general these gotras are exogamous groups and as such have necessarily to be avoided in contracting marriages. But it appears that this gotra system is not prevalent in all Digambara Jaina
tes and in some cases even though it is existing, it is not considered for marriage purposes. It is stated that in the Bannore caste there are no gotras at all and that in the Setavāla caste the gotras are not given prominence in contracting marriages but their place is taken by the surnames. . As against a large number of gotras among the Digambaras, the Svetambaras have mentioned only a few gotras, namely,Kasyapa, Harischandra, Ambesara, Dhaddhā. Nāhatā, and Naulakha has been stated that there are no gotras in the Visā Srimala sub-caste and this may be the condition in other castes also. In any case the gotra rarely plays any role at all in fixing the marriages because only the caste and locality are taken into account. Sometimes at the most surnames are avoided in contracting marriages and this seems to be the practice among the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthi Osavālas. It has been specifically asserted on behalf of the Sthanakava si Jainas that there are no gotras among them. Like Svetambaras
