“Navmukh” shabd ka prayog Jain parampara me do tarah se dikhta hai:

1) Sharir ke nau dvaar (nav-dwar/nav-mukh)

• Arth: deh ke nau mukh/khulne wale dvaar — 2 aankhen, 2 kaan, 2 naak ke chhed, ek muh, ek mala-dvaar (guda), aur ek mutra-dvaar (mehana).
• Sandarbh: ashubh-bhāvana aur deh-virāg samay sharir ki ashlīlatā ko samajhne ke liye iska ullekh milta hai.

2) Lok-vyavahār me “Navmukh” bolkar “Navpad” ka sanket

• Kuchh log bol-chal me “Navmukh” shabd se Navpad (9 upāsy tattva) ka sanket kar dete hain — Arihant, Siddha, Āchārya, Upādhyāya, Sādhu, Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan, Samyak Charitra, Samyak Tap.
• Mool roop se iske liye sahi shabd “Navpad” hi hai; “Navmukh” is arth me lok-prayukt/bol-chal ka prayoگ mana jaata hai.

Digambar aur Shvetāmbara dono paramparaon me “nav-dvār” (nau mukh) ki paribhāsha yahi hai; Navpad ki suchi me bhi upar diye gaye nau padon par hi shraddhā hoti hai.