Aagar bade buzurg nai ahe or batane wala koi hai ahe ki aapka gotra kya hai fir kese jane
Agar bade buzurg nahi hain aur batane wala koi nahi hai, to gotra jaanne ke liye kuch seedhe tareeqe hain:
- Pita ji ki taraf ka kul-nam/vansh ka pata lagaiye
Jain samaj me kai baar gotra parivaar ke purane naam, gaon, ya kul-parampara se pata chalta hai.
- Parivar ke purane kagaz dekhiye
Jaise: - janm-patrika - shaadi ke kagaz - purane naam-pata ke record - mandir ya samaj ke record
- Apne Jain samaj ya mandir me puchhiye
Kabhi-kabhi samaj ke purane hisaab, vidhikaryakarta, ya panditji ke paas kul/gotra ki jankari hoti hai.
- Kul-devi, kul-dharma, ya gaon ki parampara dekhiye
Kuch Jain parivaron me gotra ke saath: - mool gaon - vansh - kul-devta/देवी ki parampara judi hoti hai.
- Janm-patrika me gotra hota hai ya nahi, dekhiye
Kai baar pandit ji ne kundli me gotra likha hota hai.
- Agar phir bhi na mile
To shanti se “gotra gyat nahi hai” mana ja sakta hai, aur dharmik karya me guruji/panditji ki salah se vidhi ki ja sakti hai.
Jain dharm me mukhya baat gotra se zyada shuddh bhav, vinamrata, aur acharan ki hoti hai. Agar gotra yaad na ho, to bhi dharmik karya roke nahi jate; sahi vidhi ke liye samaj ke gyani vyakti se margdarshan liya ja sakta hai.