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    what are digamber terapanthi gotras

    8 months ago 171

    In Digambar Jain Terapanth, there is no separate, fixed set of “Terapanthi gotras” for everyone.

    A few key points:

    1. Terapanth = Panth (sect), not a gotra

    - “Digambar Terapanth” is a reform movement/sect inside Digambar Jainism. - It is about certain views and temple‑practices (like rejection of some rituals), not about changing your family gotra.

    1. Gotra stays according to your community / family line

    - Jains in the Digambar Terapanth tradition generally keep the same gotra they already had as Oswal, Khandelwal, Agarwal, Jaiswal, etc. - So an Oswal family in Terapanth will use Oswal‑type gotras, a Khandelwal family will use Khandelwal‑type gotras, and so on. - Because of this, there is no single, common list of “Terapanthi gotras”.

    1. Gotra lists differ by samaj and region

    - Some communities follow a list of 84 gotras, others have slightly different names or counts. - Even inside Terapanth, the actual gotra names depend on which vaṇik / samaj and which region your family belongs to.

    1. How to know your own gotra

    - Ask elders in your family (grandparents, chacha, mama, etc.). - Check old marriage cards, family registers (vahi), or community records. - Ask at your local Digambar Terapanthi sangh/derasar; sometimes they keep line‑wise data.

    From the view of Jain dharma, spiritual progress depends on samyak darshan, samyak gyan, samyak charitra, not on having a special Terapanthi gotra.

    You can read a simple explanation of Terapanth here

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