Bharuch ke kon se sheth Shatrunjay par ichchha murtyu ko pane
Bharuch ke Sheth Shantidas Zaveri ka naam Jain itihaas mein prasiddh hai, jo Shatrunjay par ichchha-mrityu (samadhimaran ya sallekhana) ko prapt hue the. Jain parampara ke anusar, Sheth Shantidas ne apne jeevan ke antim samay mein apne ichchha se Shatrunjay tirth par sallekhana dharan ki thi, jo ki Jain dharm mein atyant pavitra aur shreshth maana jaata hai.
Sallekhana ya ichchha-mrityu Jain dharm ka ek mahatvapurn vrat hai, jisme vyakti apne jeevan ke antim dino mein ahimsa, tyag aur samyak darshan ke saath, shuddh chitta se, bhojan-tyag karke, samyak mriti ko prapt hota hai.
Bharuch ke kayi anya prasiddh seth bhi Jain itihaas mein varnit hain, parantu Sheth Shantidas Zaveri ka vishesh ullekh milta hai jo Shatrunjay tirth par ichchha-mrityu ko prapt hue the.