The Oswal (sometimes spelled Oshwal or Osval) are a Jain merchant community with origins in Osian, a town in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India. The Osavālas origin legend has multiple aspects, all of which include a fierce, meat-eating goddess who becomes pacified by a Jain ascetic, involving the conversion of a king to Jainism.
The Oswal (sometimes spelled Oshwal or Osval) are a Jain merchant community with origins in Osian, a town in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India. The Osavālas origin legend has multiple aspects, all of which include a fierce, meat-eating goddess who becomes pacified by a Jain ascetic, involving the conversion of a king to Jainism.
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