Bhinmal#Jainism in Bhinmal

The original name of Bhinmal was Bhillamala. Its older name was Srimal, from which Shrimali Brahmins took their name.{{sfn | Rajasthan (India) | 1973 | p=40}} Xuanzang, the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who visited India between 631 and 645 AD during Harsha's reign, mentioned this place as Pi-lo-mo-lo. There are different views about the origin of its name. It is suggested that it may from its Bhil population, whereas Shrimalamahatmaya said the name arose because of the poverty caused by Islamic invaders, which caused most of its people to migrate from the area.{{sfn | Rajasthan (India) | 1973 | p=303}} It was the early capital of the kingdom of Gurjaradesa. The kingdom is first mentioned in Banabhatta's Harshacharita in the seventh century AD. Its king is said to have been defeated by Harsha's father Prabhakaravardhana, who died {{Circa}} 605 AD.{{sfn|Puri, The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas|1986|p=9}} The surrounding kingdoms were Sindha (Sindh), Lāta (southern Gujarat) and Malava (western Malwa), indicating that the region included northern Gujarat and southern Rajasthan.{{citation |first=Shankar |last=Goyal |title=Recent Historiography of the Age of Harṣa |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=72-73 |pages=331–361 |number=1/4 |year=1991 |jstor=41694902}}

Xuanzang mentioned the Gurjara country (Kiu-che-lo) with its capital at Bhillamala (Pi-lo-mo-lo) as the second largest kingdom of Western India. He distinguished it from the neighbouring kingdoms of Bharukaccha, Ujjayini, Malava, Valabhi and Surashtra.{{sfn|Puri, The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas|1986|p=9}} The Gurjara kingdom was said to have measured 833 miles in circuit and its ruler was a 20-year old Kshatriya, distinguished for his wisdom and courage.{{sfn|Puri, The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas|1986|p=35}} It is believed{{by whom|date=May 2022}} that the king must have been the immediate successor of the Chavda dynasty ruler Vyāgrahamukha, under whose reign the mathematician-astronomer Brahmagupta wrote his treatise in 628 AD.{{cite journal |first=Vincent A. |last=Smith |title='White Hun' Coin of Vyagrahamukha of the Chapa (Gurjara) Dynasty of Bhinmal |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |pages=923–928 |date=October 1907 |doi=10.1017/S0035869X00036868 |jstor=25210490 |s2cid=161891450 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/2131068 |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308164507/https://zenodo.org/record/2131068 |url-status=live }}

The chroniclers of Sindh (an Arab province from 712 AD onward) narrated the campaigns of Arab governors on Jurz, the Arabic term for Gurjara. They mentioned it jointly with Mermad (Marumāda, in Western Rajasthan) and Al Baylaman (Bhinmal).{{harvnb|Bhandarkar|1929|pp=29–30}}; {{harvnb|Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World|2002|p=208}}; {{harvnb|Blankinship, The End of the Jihad State|1994|pp=132–133}} The country was first conquered by Mohammad bin Qasim (712-715) and, for a second time, by Junayd (723-726).{{sfn|Blankinship, The End of the Jihad State|1994|p=133}} Upon bin Qasim's victory, Al-Baladhuri mentioned that the Indian rulers, including that of Bhinmal, accepted Islam and paid tribute .{{sfn|Blankinship, The End of the Jihad State|1994|p=319}} They presumably recanted after bin Qasim's departure, which made Junayd's attack necessary. After Junayd's reconquest, the kingdom at Bhinmal appeared to have been annexed by the Arabs.{{sfn|Blankinship, The End of the Jihad State|1994|p=133}}

A new dynasty was founded by Nagabhata I at Jalore, near Bhinmal, in about 730 AD, soon after Junayd's death in a battle against the pratihara king of . Nagabhata is said to have defeated the "invincible Gurjaras", presumably those of Bhinmal.{{sfn|Shanta Rani Sharma|2012|p=8}} Many other account credits him for having defeated a "Muslim ruler".{{sfn|Sanjay Sharma|2006|p=204}} Nagabhata is also known to have repelled the Arabs during a later major attack.{{sfn|Blankinship, The End of the Jihad State|1994|p=188}}

The Gwalior Inscription of Mihira Bhoja praises Nagabhata for destroying mlecchas (Arabs):

"स्तस्यानुजोसौ मघवमदमुषो मेघनादस्य संख्ये सौमित्त्रिस्तीव्रदण्डः प्रतिहरणविधेयः प्रतीहार आमोत्

तहन्शे प्रतिहारकेतनभृति त्रैलोक्यरक्षास्पदे देवो

नागभट : पुरातनमुनर्मूतिर्बभूवाद्भुतं ।

येनासौ सुक्कतप्रमाथिबलनम्लेच्छा।।

{{Blockquote|In that family, which extended shelter to the triple world and bore the emblem of Pratihāra, the king Nāgabhața appeared as an incarnation' of the Old Sage in a strange way.Wherefore he seemed to break up the complete army of the kings of Mlecchas the destroyers of virtue, with four arms lustrous because of the glittering and terrible weapons.}}

His dynasty expanded to Ujjain, and Nagabhata's successor Vatsaraja lost Ujjain to the Rashtrakuta prince Dhruva, who claimed to have driven him into "trackless desert". An inscription in Daulatpura from 843 AD mentions Vatsaraja having made grants near Didwana. Later, the Pratiharas became the dominant force of the Rajasthan and Gujarat regions, and established an empire centered at Kannauj, the former capital of Harshavardhana.{{sfn|Puri, The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas|1986|loc=chapters 3–4}}{{sfn|Sircar, Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India|1990|pp=240–242}} Raja Man Pratihar ruled Bhinmal in Jalore when Parmara Emperor Vakpati Munja(972-990 CE) invaded the region – after this conquest he divided these conquered territories among his Parmara princes. His son Aranyaraj Parmar was granted the Abu region, and his son Chandan Parmar and nephew Dharnivarah Parmar were given the Jalore region.Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 46- 49 Raja Man Pratihar's son Dewalsimha Pratihar was a contemporary of Abu's Raja Mahipal Parmar (1000–1014 CE). Raja Devalsimha made unsuccessful attempts to free his country or re-establish Pratihar hold on Bhinmal. He finally settled for the territories to the southwest of Bhinmal, comprising four hills: Dodasa, Nadwana, Kala-Pahad and Sundha. He made Lohiyana (present-day Jaswantpura) his capital.Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 49 Gradually their jagir included 52 villages in and around modern Jalore district.{{Cite web |title=Dewal Pratihar Rajput |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jalore/raniwara/news/106-talents-of-52-villages-of-deval-rajput-community-were-honoured-presence-of-many-officers-including-mla-deval-more-daughters-than-sons-among-talents-130864973.html |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029123530/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jalore/raniwara/news/106-talents-of-52-villages-of-deval-rajput-community-were-honoured-presence-of-many-officers-including-mla-deval-more-daughters-than-sons-among-talents-130864973.html |url-status=live }} The Dewal Pratiharas participated in Jalore's Chauhan Kanhaddeo's resistance against Allauddin Khilji.{{sfn|Romila Thapar|2005|p=125}} Thakur Dhawalsimha Dewal of Lohiyana supplied manpower to Maharana Pratap and married his daughter to the Maharana, in return Maharana gave him the title of "Rana" which has stayed with them to now.Rao Ganpatsimha Chitalwana, Bhinmal ka Sanskritik Vaibhav, p. 50- 53{{Cite journal |last=Agwani |first=M.S. |date=October 1976 |title=Book Reviews : D.R. Mankekar. Mewar Saga: The Sisodias' Role in Indian History. New Delhi: Vikas, 1976. Pp. x+199. Price Rs 45.00 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002088177601500415 |journal=International Studies |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=585–586 |doi=10.1177/002088177601500415 |issn=0020-8817 |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109193626/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002088177601500415 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

Bhinmal was also called Shrimala, which was recorded in the Shramali Purana.{{cite news|title=राजस्थान का ऐसा शहर जिसे मां लक्ष्मी ने बसाया:मारवाड़ का सबसे धनी शहर भीनमाल, लक्ष्मी के नाम पर ही नाम पड़ा था श्रीमाल नगर|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/pali/jalore/news/bhinmal-the-richest-city-of-marwar-was-earlier-named-shrimal-nagar-after-the-name-of-lakshmi-maa-129089166.html|access-date=2022-01-31|archive-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131012833/https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/local/rajasthan/pali/jalore/news/bhinmal-the-richest-city-of-marwar-was-earlier-named-shrimal-nagar-after-the-name-of-lakshmi-maa-129089166.html?ref=inbound_More_News|url-status=live}} The Brahmins and merchants of Bhinmal were called Shrimali Brahmanas and Shrimali Vaniyas respectively. After Vanaraja Chavda established a new capital at Patan, the symbolic centre of these communities shifted to Patan. The main image of Mahalakshmi was moved from Bhinmal to Patan in 1147.{{sfn|Cort, Jains in the World|2001|p=35, 37}}

Jain scriptural accounts of Acharya Swayamprabhasuri's life describe his visit to Rajasthan 57 years after Mahavira's nirvana which was in 527 BCE. This would date his visit to Śrīmal in 470 BCE. Most of the non-canonical texts of the Śvetāmbara sect agree upon this account and describe him as one of the first few Jain monks to visit Rajasthan. Following is a brief scriptural account of the establishment of the Śrīmali clan by Swayamprabhasuri.{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Bhupraj |title=Jain Vidyalaya Granth |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/012030/281 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=jainqq.org}}{{Cite web |last=Baya |first=D S |title=Oswals and Other Jains of Rajasthan |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/250235/2 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=jainqq.org}}

In Maru Pradesh (modern-day Rajasthan), monks neither of Jainism, nor of Buddhism had preached due to the difficult terrain (desert). Brahmins had a monopoly in this part of India.{{Cite web |title=Demographics of Rajasthan |url=https://foundation.rajasthan.gov.in/DemographicsStatistics.aspx}} It is said that practices of Kundapanth and Caliyapanth, branches of Tantric Hinduism, were very popular. It is believed that they promoted several tantric malpractices in the name of religion.{{Cite book |last=Rajputana (Agency) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybmUm6e0MaYC&dq=kunda%20sect&pg=PA204 |title=The Rajputana Gazetteer |date=1879 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Print. |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=कुडा एवं ऊंदऱ्या पंथ कुडा एवं ऊंदऱ्या पंथ - Hindi |url=https://bookstruck.app/book/3199/61496 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=bookstruck.app |language=en}} It is further stated that Śrīmal (modern-day Bhinmal), a town in Rajasthan, was at the center of such practices.{{Cite web |last=Maharaja |first=Gyansundar |title=Oswal Porwal Aur Shreemal Jatiyo Ka Sachitra Prachin Itihas |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/034569/15 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=jainqq.org}}

Once, Swayamprabhasuri was wandering with his disciples near Mount Abu for the first time after visiting Palitana temples. Several merchants from Śrīmal visited Mount Abu for business. Some of them happened to come across Swayamprabhasuri's sermons on non-violence. They insisted upon him to visit Śrīmal to end such malpractices. Later, he visited Śrīmal where preparations for an Ashvamedha Yagya were being made. Several animals were readied for sacrifice. When his disciples went out to beg for food, they returned without any food stating that only meat being cooked at all households they went to and that they could not find food 'free from 42 faults' in the town.{{Cite web |last=Dodhia |first=Rati |title=Rise and Glory History of Halari Visa Oshwals |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/007575/43 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=jainqq.org}}

Upon hearing this, Swayamprabhasuri immediately went to King Jayasen's palace where Brahmins were preparing for the animal sacrifice. The king welcomed him and asked about the reason for his visit. Swayamprabhasuri clearly stated the Jain principle of "Ahimsa parmo dharma" ({{Translation|non-violence is the first act of righteousness}}). Interrupting his sermon, the Brahmin leader for the sacrificial ritual told the king that Jains do not follow the Vedas and must not be heeded to. However, Swayamprabhasuri stayed determined on his point and a lengthy debate followed. Swayamprabhasuri emerged victorious in the debate and King Jayasen, along with 90000 households of the town turned towards non-violence and eventually, Jainism after Swayamprabhasuri preached them about the 12 vows for householders.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.06227/page/n249/mode/2up |title=Indian Antiquary: A Journal of Oriental Research, Vol-19, Issue no.-January–December}}

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Later on, residents of this large town moved to various parts of Rajasthan and their clan was named Śrīmali after their hometown Śrīmal.{{Cite web |last=Maharaj |first=Hastimal |title=Jain Legend Volume 2 |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/007595/153 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=jainqq.org}}{{Cite web |last=Sangve |first=Vilas |title=Jaina Community, a Social Survey |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/007019/113?highlight=Sayamprabha |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=jainqq.org}}

It is believed that Swayamprabhasuri consecrated a temple and an idol of the 1st Tirthankara Rishabhanatha at Śrīmal. A pilgrimage procession to Palitana temples was also organized by the Jain Sangha at Śrīmal. It is further stated that they also renovated Jain temples at Mount Abu.

Bhinmal is located at {{Coord|25.0|N|72.25|E|}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Bhinmal.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Bhinmal, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=22 July 2006|archive-date=27 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627021409/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Bhinmal.html|url-status=live}}

On 23 August 2013 Bhinmal College was upgraded to post-graduate status by the Department of College Education.{{Cite web |date=23 August 2013 |title=Plan Upgradation |url=http://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/2013_14/plan_upgradation_58_23aug2013.pdf |access-date=2021-08-12 |website=rajasthan.gov.in |archive-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930064127/http://www.collegeeducation.rajasthan.gov.in/httpdocs/2013_14/plan_upgradation_58_23aug2013.pdf |url-status=live }}

• Bhinmal has a septate District Transport Office (DTO) including Vehicle Registration Code RJ-46 allotted by Transport Department of Govt of Rajasthan on 19 July 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.transport.rajasthan.gov.in/PDF%20Files/Office%20Order%202013/Order2013_20.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810160801/http://www.transport.rajasthan.gov.in/PDF%20Files/Office%20Order%202013/Order2013_20.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-10 }}
• Bhinmal constituency elects one member to the Vidhan Sabha (Rajasthan State Assembly){{Cite web|url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/MemberConstituencyWise.aspx|title=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|website=rajassembly.nic.in|access-date=24 February 2022|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224171543/https://rajassembly.nic.in/MemberConstituencyWise.aspx|url-status=live}}

According to the 2011 Census of India,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Bhinmal had a population of 302,553, subdivided into a rural population of 254,621 and an urban population was 47,932, Males constituted 50.6% of the population and females 49.4%.{{Cite web |title=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302073337/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |url-status=live }} Bhinmal had an average literacy rate of 53.6%, lower than the national average of 74%, with male literacy of 70.2% and female literacy of 36.8%. 17% of the population were under six years of age.{{Cite web |title=Provisional Population Statistics 2011 |url=http://jalore.nic.in/cens.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220085942/http://jalore.nic.in/cens.html |archive-date=20 February 2014 |access-date=2021-08-12 |website=jalore.nic.in}}

• Dadeli Baori{{cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/jalore-news/dadeli-bawdi-bhinmal-2226567/?amp=1|publisher=पत्रिका|access-date=2022-01-31|title=भीनमाल की दादेली बावड़ी का होगा कायाकल्प|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408072634/https://www.patrika.com/jalore-news/dadeli-bawdi-bhinmal-2226567/?amp=1|url-status=live}}
• Mahalakshmi Kamaleshvari Temple - Dhora Dhal - Bhinmal
• Shri Parshwa Nath temple - During construction work, a 450-year-old temple structure was unearthed in 2002. The temple possesses five images of Jain Tirthankars made of white marble.{{Cite news |date=September 2002 |title=Jain temple unearthed during excavations at Bhinmal (Raj.) |work=Jain Ahimsa Times |url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/uploads/pdf/ahimsa_times_September_2002.pdf |access-date=28 August 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818091003/http://www.jainsamaj.org/uploads/pdf/ahimsa_times_September_2002.pdf |url-status=live }}

A documentary made on Bhinmal, My Beautiful Village Bhinmal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659676/|title=My Beautiful Village Bhinmal (Short 2014) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com|access-date=12 August 2021|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812152509/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659676/|url-status=live}} by Azad Jain, won "Best Documentary-Writing" Award in Rolling Frames Short Film Summit, Bangalore, in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rollingframes.in/selected-movies |title=Selected movies - Rolling Frames Short Film Summit |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=16 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016030425/http://www.rollingframes.in/selected-movies |url-status=dead }} It was also screened at the Ekotop Junior Film Festival; Slovak Republic, Europe; Pink City Short Film Festival, Jaipur;{{Cite web |date=13 November 2014 |title=Results{{!}}Pink City International Short Film Festival |url=http://www.pcisff.in/results-of-the-festival |url-status=dead |access-date=12 August 2021 |website=archive.ph |archive-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141113200351/http://www.pcisff.in/results-of-the-festival }} and Wanderlust Film Festival, Jaisalmer.{{Cite web |title=Sortliste Films{{!}}My Beautiful Village Bhinmal |url=http://wanderlustfestival.weebly.com/films.html |website=wanderlustfestival.weebly.com |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227104816/http://wanderlustfestival.weebly.com/films.html |url-status=live }} Newspapers from Rajasthan mentioned it as it was the only film in the festival about a Rajasthani village and its people.{{cite web | title=वंडरलस्ट फिल्म फेस्टिवल में स्क्रीनिंग | website=Dainik Bhaskar | date=3 November 2014 | url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-jaisalmer-news-025002-786055-NOR.html | language=hi | access-date=12 August 2021 | archive-date=12 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812145412/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-jaisalmer-news-025002-786055-NOR.html | url-status=live }}

• Swayamprabhasuri
• Kshemkari Mata Temple
• Bhandavapur

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