Jainism ke anusar, ji vah arthaat praniyon ki jooniyon (life forms) ki sankhya ka varnan prachin Jain shastras mein milta hai. Acharya Kundkund, Umaswati (Vachak Umaswati ne Tattvartha Sutra mein), aur anya Jain acharyon ne bhi is vishay par likha hai.

Ji vah (Jeev) ki sankhya paanch prakar ke indriyon (ekindriya se panchindriya tak) mein batayi gayi hai, aur iske vishay mein Tirthankar Mahavir Swami ne apne updesh mein spashṭ roop se bataya tha. Mahavir Swami ne apne samay mein praniyon, unki yoni (species) aur unke gun dharmon ka varnan kiya tha.

Arihant shabd samanya roop se un Atmaon ke liye prayukt hota hai jo samyak gyan prapt kar chuke hain, jaise Tirthankar Mahavir bhi ek Arihant the. Lekin, ji vah ki sankhya ka vishesh roop se varnan Mahavir Swami ke updeshon mein prapt hota hai, jo unhone apne samavasaran mein diya tha. Isliye Mahavir Swami ko iska pramukh prashansak mana jata hai.

Sahi Uttar: Ji vah (praniyon ki sankhya aur unke bhed) ka vishesh varnan Bhagwan Mahavir Swami ne diya hai. Arihant shabd Mahavir Swami ko bhi vyapak roop se darshata hai, lekin yeh updesh Mahavir Swami ke dwara prakat kiya gaya.

Sandharbh: Jain Aagamon jaise "Prashnavyakarana Sutra," "Tattvartha Sutra," aur Digambar parampara ke "Samayasaar" mein bhi iska ullikh milta hai. Tattvartha Sutra (5.24-5.29) mein bhi praniyon ki vibhinn yoni ki sankhya ka varnan hai.

Saar: Mahavir Swami ne ji vah ki sankhya ko prakat kiya tha, jo aage chal kar Jain shastragyaon ne likhit roop mein sangrahit kiya.