Jaino ni kuldevi?
Jain dharmma, sāmānya rūp se, "kuldevi" ya "kuldevta" ke pūjan par zyada zor nahin deta, kyunki Jain dharm ke mūl siddhānt anekāntvād, aparigrah aur dev-pūja se kaafi alag hain. Jain dharm ke anusar, mukhyataḥ tīrthankar, kevalī, arihant, aur siddh bhagwan ki hi pūja ki jati hai.
Lekin, kuch Jain parivaron mein, apne kul ke paramparik devī-devtaon ki kuldevi ke rūp me pūja ki parampara dekhne ko milti hai—yeh jyadatar sāṁskritik ya parivārik parampara hoti hai, dharmik mool nahi. Udaharan ke liye, kuch Shwetambar aur Digambar Jain parivar apni parivarik kuldevi jaise Padmavati Mata (jo Bhagwan Parshwanath se judi hai), Chakreshwari Devi (jo Bhagwan Adinath se judi hai), ya Ambika Devi (Bhagwan Neminath se judi hai) ki pūja karte hain.
Phir bhi, yeh smaran rahe ki Jain dharm ke mool siddhant ke anusar mukhyataḥ arihant aur siddh bhagwan ki hi aradhana ki jati hai, aur kuldevi ki pūja ek vyaktigat ya parivārik parampara hai, na ki Jain dharm ka aupcharik bhāg.