Is baare mein Jain shastraon mein koi pavitra, pramanik kahani ya record nahi milta ki Buddha ke shishya Mahavir se milne gaye the. Kai logon ne baad ke samay me dono dharmo ke beech tulnatmak dialogues ka zikar kiya hai, par ye sab aadhunik ya lok-kathao par adharit hain, na ki canonical Jain sutron ya purano mein sthapit sthaapna hai.

Do dharma ke sambandh par alag-alag paramparaon me alag-kalap kathaye mil sakti hain (Digambar aur Shwetambar dono prachin shastraon ke alag vyakhyaon ke roop me). Isliye is vishay par spashth, pramanik arth tabhi milega jab dono paramparaon ke mool granthon me milne wale sahi uddeshya aur sandarbh ko dekha jaye.

Agar aap chahen to main is vishay par Digambar aur Shwetambar ki pramukh kathao ka sva-artha (arth) saaf tareeke se samjha kar de sakta hoon.