Parvar Jain ka matlab hai Jain samudaay ki ek vyavaharik (social) pehchaan ya gotra. Yeh “jaati” ya “kol” ki tarah hota hai, lekin yeh dharmik roop se alag sect nahi hai. Parvar (Parwar/Parvar) zyada tar Rajasthan, Gujarat aur aas-paas ke kshetron mein milte hain, aur inmein kai log Digambar ya Shwetambar dono dharm ke anuyayi ho sakte hain.

Mool baat yeh hai:

• Parvar sirf samudaayik pehchaan hoti hai, na ki alag dharmik siddhant.
• Inke log Jain dharma ki aagmanikta ko maante hain aur samay-samay par apni samudaayik paramparaayein manate hain.
• Digambar ya Shwetambar dono parivar mein Parvar mil sakte hain, isliye dharmik visheshataen parivar se alag hoti hain.

Agar aap chahen, main aur spasht roop se Parvar ki samanya paramparaon ya laghu itihas parro ki jaankari de sakta/sakti hoon.