Digambar ki kul devi
Digambar Jain tradition mein kul devi ki ek nirdharit (vaishvik) devi nahi hoti. Digambar Jain dharma zyada tar Tirthankar ke puja par kendrit hota hai, aur kuldev/kuldevi ki samanya paribhasha sabhi jain samudayon par ek saman nahi hoti.
- Bahut se Jain parivaar apne parivarik parampara ke roop mein “kuldevata/kuldevi” ki puja alag se karte hain, lekin yeh aam tor par regional ya parivarik rivaaz hote hain, na ki Digambar panth ki ek universal shastraik practice.
- Kuch parivaar apni kul devi ke roop mein apne aas-paas ki lok- devi ya devi-yantras (jaise kisi shakti-yantra ya lok- devi ki puja) ko mante hain, lekin iska sambandh Digambar panth ki vakyaat ya canonical siddhanton se seedha nahi hota.
Agar aap kisi vishesh parivar ya gramin kshetra ki kul devi ki baat kar rahe hain, to us parivar ki parampara alag ho sakti hai. Agar chaho, main aapki specific parivar ya kshetra ki parampara ke bare mein aur spasht roop se batane ki koshish kar sakta hoon—bas mujhe us parivar ya kshetra ka vishesh naam batayein.
Yeh dhyan rahe ki Digambar aur Shwetambar dono mein kul devi ki vichaar-dhara alag ho sakti hai, aur kai logon ki vyakti-gat rivaaz par bhi nirbhar karta hai. Agar aap chahein, main is vishay par Jain dharma ke mool siddhanton ke hisaab se aur spasht vyakhya de sakta hoon.