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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 [[ | 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| | 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 | </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:Social groups of India]] | [[Category:Social groups of India]] | ||
[[Category:Indian castes]] | [[Category:Indian castes]] | ||
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]] | [[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category:Bania communities]] | [[Category:Bania communities]] | ||
[[Category:Bundelkhand]] | [[Category:Bundelkhand]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:05, 12 June 2022
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 in Uttar Pradesh and later shifted to around Damoh in Madhya Pradesh. They subsequently migrated throughout the Bundelkhand region.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
In some texts the name is given as Asahati or Asaiti.[1]
Navalshah Chanderia, who wrote Vardhamana Purana in 1768 AD at Khataura, included the Asati community among the eleven merchant communities that are partly Jain.[2][original research?] Russel and Hiralal in 1916 also mention a minority being Jain.[3] Brahmachari Sitalprasad, in his introduction to an edition of the Mamala Pahuda (Taranpanthi Jain text) wrote that one of his used manuscripts was copied in an Asahati temple in 1624.[1] The Taran Panth is followed by members of six communities in Bundelkhand, Asati being one of them.
Distribution[edit | edit source]
The census of India, 1891,[4] 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.[5]
Notable figures[edit | edit source]
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.[6][7]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
- ↑ Shri Vardhaman Purana, Ed. Pannalal Jain Sahityacharya, 1942, p.417,
गृहपति आठारम तिहि शाख, उनविन्शति में नेमा भाख
वीसम नैत असैटी लहे पल्लिवार इकवीसम कहे ||
पोरवार बाइसौं धार ढढतवाल तेईस निहार
चौवीसम माहेश्वरवार इतने लौं कछु जैन लगार || - ↑ [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]
- ↑ Census of India, 1891, Volumes 11-12, India. Census Commissioner, 1893, Table XVI
- ↑ अखिल भारतीय असाटी महासभा की बैठक में लिए गए महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय, Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 13, 2018
- ↑ The universe as audience: metaphor and community among the Jains of North India, Ravindra K. Jain, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1999, Page 51
- ↑ महात्मा गांधी की तरह थे गणेश प्रसाद वर्णी, Nai Dunia, 13 Sep 2017