Jainism ke do mukhya shakhayein (major sects) hain:

• Digambara
• Śvetāmbara

In dono mukhya shakhāon (sects) ke andar kai up-shakhaen ya sub-sects milte hain. Śvetāmbara mein kuch pramukh up-shakhaen samajhi jaati hain, jaise Terapanth aur Sthanakvasi, aur kuch aur samudaay jo Murtipujak jaise practices ko apnaate hain. Digambara ki tradition ke andar bhi alag-alag pratishthaon ya riti-rivazon wale chhand milte hain.

Dharma ki mool soch, moksha ki marg, aur anushashan (dharma-vidhi) sabhi jagah ek hi hai; bas practices, sampradāya, aur monastic rules thode bhinn ho sakte hain.

Note: Agar aap chahen, to main in up-shakhaon ke baare mein Digambar aur Śvetāmbara kajh-kāraon ke anurodh ke saath vistar se samjha sakta/ sakti hoon.