Ji, Jain dharma me “purva” ya “purva kaal” aam taur par pehle ke yug ya kal ki or sanket karta hai. Lekin is sandarbh me ek saath ek nishchit, sabhi ke liye lagu varsh ki sankhya (jaise “1 purva = X varsh”) nahi di gayi hai. Jain cosmology me samay ko yug–yug (jaise avasarpini, utsarpini, etc.) ki lambi-चodi par maanha jata hai, aur har yug ki avadhi alag-alag hoti hai. Isliye “1 purv ke kitne varsh” ki ek fixation dena ya ek saakshat sankhya batana sadharan dharma granthon me nahi milta.

Aap kis sandarbh me puchh rahe hain, is par adharit spasht uttar diya ja sakta hai:

• kya aap purva ka arth puratan kal ya pehle ke yug se le rahe hain?
• kaun se Jain tradition (Digambar ya Shvetambar) ya kaun sa specific granth (keval samanya kalpana ya kisi kriya/uttar) ka zikr dekhna chahte hain?

Main aapki spashti ke aadesh par usi sandarbh ke anusar sahi arth aur, yadi ho, pramanik sutra-arth ke saath saaf jawaab doonga.