Ek prakar: Hast likhit pothi talapatra (palm leaf) par likhi jati thi.

Arth (sanskrit/upa-arth) in short:

• Talapatra ya palm leaf par likhawat hota tha, jo purva yug mein Jain granthon ki likhai ka mukhya madhyam tha.
• Is par shabd, akshar, aur kavitaon ko likhne ke liye keval charan (stylus) ya neni-rok (sharp instrument) ka upyog hota tha, aur phir us par varn aur dhag ki jhilik se surakshit kiya jata tha.
• Digambar aur Shwetambar dono contexts mein is tarah ki hast likhit pothio ka varnan milta hai, lekin likhne ki vidhiyaan aur dhatu (ink) ki prakriya alag alag riti se ho sakti thi.

Yeh Jain dharma ki pustakadhārana ki ek mool parampara thi, jise samay ke saath patra-pustakon (paper) ki or rujan hua. Agar aap vishesh Digambar ya Shwetambar reeti ki vistaar se arth chahte hain ya kisi vishesh granth ki misal chahte hain, batayein.