Humad

Humad (or Humbad) is the name of an ancient Jain community originally from Rajasthan, India. Their traditional center is Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, Dungarpur and Sagwada region, often called Vagad (or Raidesh), in Rajasthan [Jaina Community: A social survey, Vilas Sangave, Popular Prakashan, 1980] . They mainly follow the Digambar Jain tradition.

They are divided into 18 gotras.

They are mainly found in MP, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

In Maharashtra, they are said to have arrived during establishment of the Maratha rule in Surat [Maharashtra ka Jain Samaj, Mahavir Sanglikar, Pub. Jain Friends, 1998.] . The famous industrial house Walchand Hirachand belongs to this community.

History

The oldest known inscription mentioning the Humad community is an inscription of the famous Shantinath temple at Jhalarapatan which dates to 1109 AD [http://www.jainheritagecentres.com/rajasthan/jhalarpatan.htm JHALARPATAN] .

Legends

According to a legend, the Kshatriays of Lad (Gujarat-Rajasthan border region) were initiated by a Jain monk Hemachndra (not to confused with Hemachandra Suri of Patan) [Hiralal Salagia, Humbad Sabhyata aur Sanskrati ka Itihas, http://www.humadsamaj-ahmedabad.org/StaticWebPages/PublicationOfHumad.aspx] .

Khedbrahma, where an ancient step-well (bawadi) exists, is sometimes regarded to be the original center of the Humbads. According to a legend, each statue in the step-well is associated one Humad clan. [ [http://www.pratapgarhjainsamaj.com/YuvaPragatiManthan/Page3.pdf HUMAD.qxd ] ] , [The Stepwells of Gujarat By Jutta Jain-Neubauer, Published 1981, Abhinav Publications]

One branch of visa humad is sojitra sambha visa mevada digmber jain they migrated from Bhatevar Rajsthan to Sojitra dist.Anand at time of muslims attack on Mevad . they spread in 64 villages of Charotar,Vakal,Kanam area of Gujarat. Main centre of Panch at Sojitra.there are 4 temples at Sojitra ;1.SHRI NEMINATHJI [MAIN] 2.SHRI SHANTINATHJI 3.SHRI CHINTAMANIPARSWAPRABHU 4.SHRI PARSWANATHJI.AND SHRI SASANDEVIMATAJI [KULDEVI OF VISA MEVADA] .Visa Mevada Samaj Gotras are Paras, Gangotri,Varchhs,Parasar,Padmavati, Nandi,Nandisar,Hansh,Atre,Nageshwar, Vashisht,Kashyap, Gautam,Bhadreshwar, Kamleshwar,Ambica,Bharatdwaj,Kankubol,Nagendra,Khiraju,Parijat,Bootmata,Kasliwal(23Nos.) [ reference: Parivardarshan of Shri Visa Mevada Digmber Jain Samaj 3rd edition]

other humad in Gujarat:42dasha humad muni,42 dasha humad mumukshu,surat dasha humad,surat visa humad,dahod dsha humad,bhavnagar dsha humad,idar humad,vijay nagarhumad,

santram pur humad,

ray desh dsha humad.

Prominent Humads

* Bhattaraka Sakalakirti: He was born in 1386 at Anahilavada. He became a disciple of Bhattaraka Padmanandi of Balatkara Gana and later founded the Bhattaraka seat and lineage of Idar. He wrote 28 texts in Sanskrit and 8 in Rajasthani Hindi.
* Bhattaraka Ratnakirti: He was born at Ghogha [http://www.jainlibrary.org/jlib/Bhattarak_Ratnakirti_Avam_Kumudchandra_Vyaktitva__Avam__Krititva.pdf Bhattarak Ratnakirti Avam Kumudchandra Vyaktitva Avam Krititva] and served as the Bhattaraka at Bardoli during Sam 1630-1656. He wrote 44 texts, most of them lyrical compositions. His disciple was Bhattarka Kumudachandra born in a Modh family.

ee also

*Narsingpura

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