Jain dharm me granthon ki likhavat ya lekhan ki zimmedari mukhya roop se sadhu-sanyasi aur acharyon par hoti thi. Asal me Tirthankar Mahavira ne apni baatien svayam likhvar nahi ki, balki unki upadhiya aur shishyon ne shravan ke jariye sunn kar yaad ki, phir bad me vishay-vastu ko samay ke hisaab se sanrakshit kiya gaya.

• Pratham roop se Ganadhara (Mahavira ke mukhya shishyaon ya saakshikyon) ne anubhav ko yaad kiya aur usse granthon ke roop me sangrah kiya.
• Bad me samay ke saath alag-alag samay par acharyon aur muni-beecharano ne in vishayon ko vyakhya kiya, vividh patra-pustakon (jaise Śvetāmbara aur Digambarā paramparāon ki granth-sanjh) ke roop me prastut kiya.
• Do mukhya kanon hain: Śvetāmbara Agama aur Digambara Agama. Dono paramparaon me lekhan ki prakriya, lekhan-rahit vyakhyaen aur granthon ki samagri thodi alag-alag hai, isliye in granthon ke lekhakon ki soochi (ekdam ek samaan) nahi bajti.
• Isme kai prasiddh muni-aur Acharya ne likhit vyakhya di, jaise Kundakunda, Umāsvāti, Haribhadra Suri (Śvetāmbara parampara me) ya anya Digambara acharyas. Par antim roop se likhne ka karya kai sadiyon me anek granthon par bita, aur in granthon ki “lekhak-purvakata” ko pehchanna hamesha seedha nahi hota.

Agar aap chahen to main is visay parDigambar aur Śvetāmbara dono paramparao ki visheshtaon ke saath thodi aur sidhi-sidhi jankari de sakta/ sakti hoon.