Jain Shastra ke anusar Mrutyu (death) ke baare me yeh hai:

• Mul siddhant: Atma (jiva) anant hai aur sharir ek vyavharik sthiti hai. Mrutyu ke samay jiva sharir ko chhod kar aage ki yatra shuru karta hai. Mrutyu koi antim antim nahi; yeh samsara (janm-maran) ki ek avastha hai.
• Karm (karma) ka prabhav: Sharir ki maut par jiva par laga karm phal latata hai. Achook karmon ke karan hi jiva punah janam leta hai; achhe karm rakhne aur paap karm kam karne se adhik kalyan aur uchch sthano ki birth mil sakti hai, ya antim moksha ki raah bhi asan ho sakti hai.
• Moksha ki pratiksha: Jain dharma ka mool uddeshya moksha (nirvana) hai. Iske liye Ratnatraya (Roma, Sudh, Samyak)—satya, ahimsa, aparigrah—ke saath tap, vrata aur sharira-vairagya ki zyada pratipada ki jati hai. Jivan ke har sanskar me hi karmic sudhar hota hai, jisse antim moksha prapt ki ja sakti hai.
• Sallekhana (santhara) ki sthiti: Kuch Jain sampraddayon me mrutyu se pehle ya ek avastha me swichchha se jeevan ki ant ki taraf jana, i.e., sallekhana, ko pavitra athva shuddh maarg ke roop me mana jata hai. Iska mool arth “apharsh ya atyadhik kam khane-peene ke zariye atma ki shuddhi aur muktik aur nikat pahunch” hota hai. Yeh vidhi Digambar aur Śvetāmbar dono paramparaon me milti-julti roop se milti hai, lekin is par vivad aur niym-laghuvijay alag-alag sampradon me alag-alag vyakhya hoti hai. Aathvan mein ise svaichchhik tyag aur atma ki mukti ke roop me maana jata hai, par aaj ke samay sabhi log isko aam zindagi se alag sthiti nahi samajhte.
• Death ki vyakhya dono sampradon me antargat antar ho sakta hai: Digambar aur Śvetāmbara dono me moksh ki pratiksha ke tareeke aur kuch daayitva-shastriya vichaar thode bahut bhinn ho sakte hain, lekin mool sankalp yahi hai ki mrutyu ke baad jiva ki yatra ya to punah janm ki aur badhti hai ya antim moksha—nirvana—ki or le jati hai.

Agar aap chahen, to main is vishay par Digambar aur Śvetāmbara ki vishesh vichardharaon se judi pramanik arth-vyakhya (arth) aur pramukh sutron ko vistar se samjha sakta hoon.