Jainism pramāṇe, nigod na jeev (nigoda jeev) atyant sookshma ane sarvathi nīchī avasthāna jeev chhe. Aa jeevo ek prakār na ekindriya (ek indriya — sparsh indriya) jeev hoy chhe, je mātr sparsh dwārā ja anubhav kare chhe.

Nigod na jeevone mati-jnan (smruti jnan, yaani ke samanya buddhi) ane sprush-jnan (sparsh dwara prapt thatu jnan) hoy chhe. Temne keval sparsh na anubhav, ane keval sparsh sambandhi jnan hoy chhe. Teo drashti, shravan, ghran, ane ras na anubhav kari shakta nathi.

Saara ma, nigod na jeev ma mati-jnan (smruti jnan) ane sprush-jnan (sparsh dwara prapt jnan) ja hoy chhe, anya koi uchcha prakār nu jnan (jaise ke shrut-jnan, avadhi-jnan, manah-paryav-jnan, ke keval-jnan) temne prapt thatu nathi.