Jasma Odan

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'''Jasma Odan''' is a legendary character and folk deity from medieval

== Legend ==
Jasma was a wife of Rooda who was a pond digger. They belonged to the [[Orh rajput|Od rajput]] tribe. They were at [[Anhilwad Patan]] to dig [[Sahastralinga Tank]], a lake and thousand shrines with [[lingam]]. [[Jayasimha Siddharaja|Siddharaj Jaysinh]], a king of [[Chaulukya dynasty]], was captivated by the beauty of Jasma and proposed marriage. He offered to make her queen of Gujarat but she refused. Jaysinh killed her husband. She committed ''[[Sati (practice)|sati]]'', by jumping into the [[pyre]], to protect her honour. Her curse made the tank of Sahasralinga Tank waterless and Siddharaj without an heir to his kingdom of Gujarat.<ref name="Ray2009"/><ref name="Ray2005">{{cite book|author=Bharati Ray|title=Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJFwK8XYQMkC&pg=PA527|date=4 October 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3409-7|pages=527–}}</ref>

Jasmadevi temple dedicated to her was constructed by the [[Orh rajput|Od rajput]] tribe in 12th century is situated near Sahasralinga Tank at [[Patan, Gujarat]].

== Popular culture ==
A [[Bhavai]] ''vesha'', a folk theatre form, based on legend is performed since nineteenth century.<ref name="Varadpande1992">{{cite book|author=Manohar Laxman Varadpande|title=History of Indian Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZrjC24PuDQC&pg=PA174|year=1992|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-278-9|pages=174–}}</ref><ref name="Ray2009">{{cite book|author=Bharati Ray|title=Different Types of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9x5FX2RROZgC&pg=PA381|year=2009|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-1818-6|pages=374, 380–381}}</ref> It was recreated for stage performance titled ''Jasma Odan'' was by [[Shanta Gandhi]] in 1982.<ref name="DalmiaSadana2012">{{cite book|author1=Vasudha Dalmia|author2=Rashmi Sadana|title=The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hyIWIe4T0YC&pg=PA218|date=5 April 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-82546-7|page=218}}</ref> The 1926 Indian silent film ''Sati Jasma'' about the folk deity was made by [[Homi Master]], it starred [[Gohar Mamajiwala]] and [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]] in the lead roles.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" /> A Gujarati film titled ''Sati Jasma Odan'' was produced by [[Chandrakant Sangani|Chandrakant Sanghani]] in 1976.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA11-PA1983|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=11–}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sahastralinga Tank]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hindu folk deities]]
[[Category:Indian folklore]]

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