Vaithag parvat pe kaunse gaun the
Vaithadgiri (Vaithag Parvat), Jain dharm ke prasiddh tirthon mein se ek hai. Yah Parvat Maharashtra ke Beed district mein sthit hai. Jain parampara ke anusar, yah sthaan bahut pavitra mana jaata hai aur yahaan par kai pracheen Jain mandir aur gaon (basti) hua karte the.
Aksar Jain tirthon ke parvaton par alag-alag "gaun" ya baste hue hain, jise Jain granthon mein "tonk" ya "gaadi" ke roop mein bhi varnit kiya gaya hai. Lekin, pramukh Jain sahityon ke anusar, Vaithadgiri parvat par jo mukhyataya prasiddh hain, vo hai:
- Shri Mallinath Bhagwan ka pracheen mandir
- Dusre tirthankar ke bhi chinh aur mandir
- Pracheen Jain bastiyan ya gaon: Parvat par kuch chhote gaon ya basti hua karti thi jahan Jain sadhak aur tapasvi rehte the.
Vaithadgiri parvat par kul kitne aur kaunse gaon the, iska vistrit varnan prachin Jain granthon ya tirth-malaon mein spasht nahi milta. Yahaan mukhyataya tirthankar Mallinath ji se sambandhit mandir aur Jain sadhana sthal prasiddh hain.
Agar aap kisi vishesh "gaun" ya tirth sthal ke naam ke baare mein puchhna chahte hain, toh kripya aur vistar se bataye. Main aapko Jain sahitya ke sandarbh mein sahi jankari dene ka prayas karunga.