Jain granthon mein Nandisen / Nandishen naam se ek hi nahin, alag–alag vyaktiyon ki kahaniyan milti hain. Roop ke baare mein dono tarah ka varnan aata hai:

1. Ek Nandishen (Nandisen – “server of monks”)

– Kuch Jain kahaniyon mein likha hai ki woh bahut kurūp (ugly) the, itne ki mama ki saat betiyon mein se koi bhi unse shaadi karne ko tayyār nahi hui. – Isi roop–kiheen hone ke dukh se woh suicide karne tak aa gaye, phir ek Jain muni ne unko bachaya, aur unki jeevan–diksha, tap aur sevā ka prasang aata hai. – Yaani is prasang ke anusar yeh Nandisenji roopvān nahin, balki kurūp the, lekin bahut sevābhāvi, dhārmik aur dhairya–yukt the.

1. Doosre prasang mein Rajkumar Nandishen / Nandisen

– Kuch granthon (jaise bal–granth wali kahani) mein Rajkumar Nandishen ko sundar, balvān, sahasī batāyā gayā hai. – Yahan unka roop aur shaurya dono ka varnan miltā hai, par kahani ka mukhya kendr unki vairāgya–bhāvnā, diksha, aur aakhir ka adhyātmik pragati par rehtā hai.

Saar:

• Sabhi “Nandisenji” ek hi vyakti nahin; alag–alag janmon / kahaniyon ke Nandisen hain.
• Kuch Nandisen ko bahut kurūp, kuch ko bahut roopvān batāyā gayā hai.
• Jain dharm ka mool drashti–kon:

Isliye agar aap jis kahani wale “sevā–pradhan Nandisen Muni” ki baat kar rahe hain, to granthon ke anusar woh roopvān nahin the, lekin unka āntarik roop (guna) ati uttam tha.