In Jain Dharma, life did not first appear at any single starting point.

Jain view:

• The universe is eternal and has no creator.
• Jīva (living soul) is also beginningless and endless.
• Souls exist in many forms according to karma.
• Life is not created out of nothing; it takes birth again and again in different bodies due to karmic bondage.

So, according to Jain philosophy:

• there is no first life,
• no first creation of the universe,
• and no supreme creator who made life.

Life is understood as the eternal existence of jīva within the dravyas of the universe, governed by karma.