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	'''Asati''' (असाटी in [[Hindi]]) is a merchant community in [[Bundelkhand]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]].		'''Asati''' (असाटी in [[Hindi]]) is a merchant community in [[Bundelkhand]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

	It is said that the Asatis originally hailed from a village near [[Ayodhya]] and later shifted to around [[~~Tikamgarh~~ district\|~~Tikamgarh~~]]. They subsequently migrated throughout [[Bundelkhand]].<ref name=":0">A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY DIGAMBAR JAIN MYSTIC AND HIS FOLLOWERS, Taraj Taraj Svami and the Taraj Svami Panth, John E. Cort, Studies in Jaina history and culture: disputes and dialogues, Taylor & Francis, 25 May 2006, p.h 302</ref>		It is said that the Asatis originally hailed from a village near [[Ayodhya]] in Uttar Pradesh and later shifted to around [[Damoh district\|Damoh]] in Madhya Pradesh. They subsequently migrated throughout the [[Bundelkhand]] region.<ref name=":0">A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY DIGAMBAR JAIN MYSTIC AND HIS FOLLOWERS, Taraj Taraj Svami and the Taraj Svami Panth, John E. Cort, Studies in Jaina history and culture: disputes and dialogues, Taylor & Francis, 25 May 2006, p.h 302</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	</ref>{{Original research inline\|date=June 2018}} Russel and Hiralal in 1916 also mention a minority being Jain.<ref>[The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India,		</ref>{{Original research inline\|date=June 2018}} Russel and Hiralal in 1916 also mention a minority being Jain.<ref>[The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India,
	by Russell, R. V. and R.B. Hiralal 1916, London : Macmillan and Co., limited, p. 142]</ref>		by Russell, R. V. and R.B. Hiralal 1916, London : Macmillan and Co., limited, p. 142]</ref>
	Brahmachari Sitalprasad, in his introduction to an edition of the ''Mamala Pahuda'' ([[Taran Panth\|~~Taranpath~~]]i Jain text) wrote that one of his used manuscripts was copied in an Asahati temple in 1624.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Taran Panth]] is followed by members of six communities in Bundelkhand, Asati being one of them.		Brahmachari Sitalprasad, in his introduction to an edition of the ''Mamala Pahuda'' ([[Taran Panth\|Taranpanth]]i Jain text) wrote that one of his used manuscripts was copied in an Asahati temple in 1624.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Taran Panth]] is followed by members of six communities in Bundelkhand, Asati being one of them.

	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
	[[File:Varnijinainagiri.jpg\|thumb\|Statue of [[Ganeshprasad Varni]] at [[Nainagiri]] ]]		[[File:Varnijinainagiri.jpg\|thumb\|Statue of [[Ganeshprasad Varni]] at [[Nainagiri]] ]]
	The census of India, 1891,<ref>Census of India, 1891, Volumes 11-12, India. Census Commissioner, 1893, Table XVI		The census of India, 1891,<ref>Census of India, 1891, Volumes 11-12, India. Census Commissioner, 1893, Table XVI
	</ref> reported 3,071 Asatis in the British ruled districts, of which 450 were ~~Jain~~. They were mainly present in Jabalpur, Damoh and Sagar, where a significant fraction (27% in Jabalpur) were ~~Jain~~. Smaller number were present in Bhandara, Gondia, Nagpur and Chhindwara, where all of them were Vaishnava.		</ref> reported 3,071 Asatis in the British ruled districts, of which 450 were Jains. They were mainly present in Jabalpur, Damoh and Sagar, where a significant fraction (27% in Jabalpur) were Jains. Smaller number were present in Bhandara, Gondia, Nagpur and Chhindwara, where all of them were Vaishnava.

	The community celebrates an annual Asati Diwas.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/chhatarpur/news/MP-CHHT-MAT-latest-chhatarpur-news-020505-1260124-NOR.html अखिल भारतीय असाटी महासभा की बैठक में लिए गए महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय, Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 13, 2018]</ref>		The community celebrates an annual Asati Diwas.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/chhatarpur/news/MP-CHHT-MAT-latest-chhatarpur-news-020505-1260124-NOR.html अखिल भारतीय असाटी महासभा की बैठक में लिए गए महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय, Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 13, 2018]</ref>
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	[[Category:Bania communities]]		[[Category:Bania communities]]
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'''Asati''' (असाटी in [[Hindi]]) is a merchant community in [[Bundelkhand]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

It is said that the Asatis originally hailed from a village near [[Ayodhya]] and later shifted to around [[Tikamgarh district|Tikamgarh]]. They subsequently migrated throughout [[Bundelkhand]].<ref name=":0">A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY DIGAMBAR JAIN MYSTIC AND HIS FOLLOWERS, Taraj Taraj Svami and the Taraj Svami Panth, John E. Cort, Studies in Jaina history and culture: disputes and dialogues, Taylor & Francis, 25 May 2006, p.h 302</ref>

==History==
In some texts the name is given as Asahati or Asaiti.<ref name=":0" />

Navalshah Chanderia, who wrote Vardhamana Purana in 1768 AD at Khataura, included the Asati community among the eleven merchant communities that are partly Jain.<ref>Shri Vardhaman Purana, Ed. Pannalal Jain Sahityacharya, 1942, p.417,
गृहपति आठारम तिहि शाख, उनविन्शति में नेमा भाख <br>
वीसम नैत असैटी लहे
पल्लिवार इकवीसम कहे ||<br>
पोरवार बाइसौं धार
ढढतवाल तेईस निहार<br>
चौवीसम माहेश्वरवार
इतने लौं कछु जैन लगार ||
</ref>{{Original research inline|date=June 2018}} Russel and Hiralal in 1916 also mention a minority being Jain.<ref>[The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India,
by Russell, R. V. and R.B. Hiralal 1916, London : Macmillan and Co., limited, p. 142]</ref>
Brahmachari Sitalprasad, in his introduction to an edition of the ''Mamala Pahuda'' ([[Taran Panth|Taranpath]]i Jain text) wrote that one of his used manuscripts was copied in an Asahati temple in 1624.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Taran Panth]] is followed by members of six communities in Bundelkhand, Asati being one of them.

==Distribution==
[[File:Varnijinainagiri.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Ganeshprasad Varni]] at [[Nainagiri]] ]]
The census of India, 1891,<ref>Census of India, 1891, Volumes 11-12, India. Census Commissioner, 1893, Table XVI
</ref> reported 3,071 Asatis in the British ruled districts, of which 450 were Jain. They were mainly present in Jabalpur, Damoh and Sagar, where a significant fraction (27% in Jabalpur) were Jain. Smaller number were present in Bhandara, Gondia, Nagpur and Chhindwara, where all of them were Vaishnava.

The community celebrates an annual Asati Diwas.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/chhatarpur/news/MP-CHHT-MAT-latest-chhatarpur-news-020505-1260124-NOR.html अखिल भारतीय असाटी महासभा की बैठक में लिए गए महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय, Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 13, 2018]</ref>

==Notable figures==
[[Ganeshprasad Varni]], one of the foundational figures of the modern North-Indian Digambar intellectual tradition during early 20th century was born into an Asati family.<ref>The universe as audience: metaphor and community among the Jains of North India, Ravindra K. Jain, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1999, Page 51</ref><ref>[https://naidunia.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur-chhaterpur-news-1313154 महात्मा गांधी की तरह थे गणेश प्रसाद वर्णी, Nai Dunia, 13 Sep 2017]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gahoi]]
*[[Golapurva]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Hindu communities]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bania communities]]
[[Category:Bundelkhand]]

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