Namaste. Aapka sandesh padhkar main aapki madad karne ki koshish karta hoon. Jain Dharma ki santulan aur sahi arth ko dhyan me rakhte hue, neeche sidhi aur saaf baatein di ja rahi hain.

• Kothari Jain Swetambar: Kothari ek prachin Jain kul/parivaar ke naam ke roop me jaana jata hai. Swetambar sampraday me ye sirf parivarik pahchan ho sakti hai, na ki kuldevta ya kulgotra ki turant bhed-bhav ki avashyakta.

• Gotra (Jain parivar me): Jain dharm me gotra ki soch Hindu parampara ki tarah prachlit nahi hoti jaise ki Vansh-varg (kul) ke liye hota hai. Bahut se Jain parivaar apne guru-parampara ya sampradaya ke anusar “gotra” ki bhavna rakhte hain, lekin aam tor par Jain dharm me kulgotra ki sakht jankari aur upalabdhi utni mahatvapurn nahi hoti. Isliye agar aapke parivar me kisi particular gotra ki jankari milti hai to useniyo ki parampara aur guru-shishya sambandh par adharit samjha jaata hai.

• Kuldevi/Kuldevta: Jain dharm me mukhya poojan Tirthankaron, Jinaatmak avataaron aur dharm ke shuddh marg ki taraf hota hai. Aksar Jain sampradayo me kul devi/kul devta ki puja Hindu parivar ki tarah prachlit nahi hoti. Kuch parivaaron me shaktishaali sthal mandiron ya sthaniya devi/devtaon ki puja dekhne ko mil sakti hai, par ye kuldevta ki parampara ke roop me utna aam nahi hai. Digambar aur Shwetambar dono me is vishay ki prathaaon me antar ho sakta hai, par vetana bat hota hai ki Jain dharm ka mool uddeshya Tirthankaron ki aacharan aur dharma ki aisi vyavaharik anukaran me hai.

• Barot: Barot ek samajik varg hai jo Gujarat ke kuch ilaakon me milta hai, kai baar Jain ya Hindu dharmik parivaar ke roop me bhi dekha ja sakta hai. Jain dharm me Barot parivar ki dharmik aa-rajya vishesh roop se alag ho sakti hai; isliye yadi aapke vatan Morbi ke Khakhrala gaon me Barot parivar se judi vishesh ritirivaaj aur pujan ki baat hai, to sabse sahi jaankari aap apne parivar ke buzurg, gaon ki Jain sangh ya local mandir ke pujari se prapt kar sakte hain. Vahan ki local parampara zyada vistrit aur sahi hogi.

Aap chaho to main aapke liye:

• Swetambar Jain dharm me kulgotra/ guru-parampara ki vyakhya (saral shabdon me) ki ek chhoti vyakhya taiyar kar sakta hoon.
• Aapke parivar ke liye saral kulprarambh (mool mantra, upasana ki sadharan vidhi) ka ek saadhan bana sakta hoon, jo puri tarah Jain dharm ke mool siddhanton ke anukul ho.

Agar aap chahein to mujhe aapke parivar ki kuch thodi si jankari (jaise ki aapka pura parivarik varns, kisi vishesh Tirthankar ki aradhana ya kis prakar ki puja aap karte aaye hain) dein, main uske hisaab se aapko aur adhik spast aur sahi dharmaik guidance de sakta hoon.