Jainism ke अनुसार, ek "Acharya" Jain sangh ka mukhya guru hota hai jo sangh (community) ko dharm ke path par chalata hai. Acharya ka apna parivar nahi hota, kyonki Jain sadhu-sadhvi, jismein acharya bhi shamil hote hain, grihastha jeevan (parivarik jeevan) chhod kar diksha le lete hain aur brahmacharya ka palan karte hain.

Isliye, ek Jain acharya ke parivar ko koi vishesh naam nahi diya jata, kyonki diksha lene ke baad unka sambandh apne janm parivar se nahi rehta. Ve apne janm parivar se sambandh tyag kar "Jain sangh" ko apna parivar maante hain.