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Bishnoi is a religious group found in the Western Thar Desert of India, the desert overlaps areas of Punjab, and Sindh in Pakistan. The name is derived from ''bis'' (twenty) and ''nai'' (nine) i.e. followers of 29 principles given by Guru Jambheshwar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = The Desert Dwellers of Rajasthan – Bishnoi and Bhil people )〕 Guru Jambheshwar gave the message to protect trees and wildlife around 540 years ago, prophesying that harming the environment means harming yourself. He formulated twenty nine tenets. The tenets were not only tailored to conserve bio-diversity of the area but also ensured a healthy eco-friendly social life for the community. Out of the 29 tenets, 10 are directed towards personal hygiene and maintaining good basic health, seven for healthy social behaviour, and five tenets to worship God. Eight tenets have been prescribed to preserve bio-diversity and encourage good animal husbandry. These include a ban on killing animals and felling green trees, and providing protection to all life forms. The community is also directed to see that the firewood they use is devoid of small insects. Wearing blue clothes is prohibited because the dye for colouring them is obtained by cutting a large quantity of shrubs. In 1730, 363 Bishnoi men, women and children led by Amrita Devi died protecting trees from cutting by the king's men. This incident happened in Khejarli which is a village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India 26 km south-east of the city of Jodhpur. The Bishnois sacrificed their lives while protecting trees by hugging to them. ==History== Bishnoism was founded by Guru Jambheshwar of Bikaner, who was born in 1451, and is buried in Talwa/Mukam in Bikaner. His spiritual name was Jambhaji. He left his followers a scripture in the Nagri character called Shabdwani which consists of 120 SHABDS. Various census of India Bishnois are found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab , UP . His spritual name was Jambhaji . He left his followers a scripture in the Nagri character called Shabdwani. The adherents of the sect are the descendants of immigrants from Bikaner , parts of haryana and punjab and are exclusively Jats and Rajputs by caste, though they often abandon the caste name and describe themselves simple as Bishnois. They don’t allow intercaste marriage. Beside these they were the followers from many other castes like vaishya, agarwals, guptas which are found mainly in uttar pardesh. Once therir main occupation was business but today bishnois have drastically grown in the fields of IT, ENGG, Government work, defence, Diplomacy and social workers. 〔http://devasthan.rajasthan.gov.in/images/Bikaner/Jambhoji.htm〕〔Jambhoji: Messiah of the Thar Desert,1998, author M.S.Chandla〕〔The Bishnois,(2001), ASIN: B004HQ08BE〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bishnois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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