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This is the tradition of preaching that continues. The originator of the Artha-rupa Pragama is the Tirthankara, the Supreme Being, and the originator of the Shabda-rupa Pragama is the Ganadhara. / The tradition of the Mahant and their Ganadharas has been going on for an infinite time. Therefore, the tradition of their teachings, the Pragama, has been going on since the beginning of time. That is why it is said that this Dvadasangi is Dhruva, Nitya, Shashwat, it has always been. It was never not, it is never not, it will never not be... that is also not the case. / It always was, is, and always will be. In terms of feelings, it is Dhruva, Nitya, Shashwat. The Dvadasangi includes twelve Angas. Pracharang, Sutra-kritang, Stanang, Samavayang, Vyakhya-Prajnapti, Jnatadharmakatha, Upasakadasha, Antakrid Dasha, Anuropapatik, Prashnavyakaran, Vipaksutra and Drishtivad. / These are the twelve Angas. This is the Dvadasangi Ganipitaka, which is directly taught by the Tirthankaras. This is called Anga-pravist Pragama. / In addition, the Ananga-pravist Anga-bahir Pragama are those that have been composed by the learned elders who are endowed with Prajnatishya, in a way that is not contradictory to the words of the Tirthankaras. Thus, the Jain Agam is divided into two parts - Anga-pravist and Ananga-pravist (Anga-bahir). / The present Jiva-abhigam Shastra is Ananga-pravist Agam. From another perspective, the twelve Angas are also called twelve Upangas. Accordingly, Aushapatik etc. are given the name Upanga. Acharya Malayagiri, who wrote a detailed commentary on Jiva-abhigam, has called it the Upanga of the third Anga - Stanang. In the beginning of the present Jiva-abhigam Sutra, the learned elders are presented as the model for this study. That passage is as follows: 'Ih Khalu Jinamya Jinanumaya, Jinanuloma Jinappaniya Jinapparuviya Jinakhaya Jinanuchinna Jinapganatta Jinadesiya Jinapasattha Anuveeya Tam Saddhamana Tam Pattiyamana Tam Royamana Yera Bhagavanta Jiwa Jivaabhigamanamjayanam Pannavansu / ' 'Having contemplated this excellent Jinamat, which is approved by all the Jineshwars, Jinanuloma, Jinapranit, Jinaprarupit, Jinakhyat, Jinanuchirna Jin-prajnapta and Jindeshit, and having faith, belief and interest in it, the learned elders have formulated the study called Jiva-abhigam. The above statement makes it clear that the present Sutra has been composed by the learned elders. Those learned elders were the true knowers of the teachings of the Tirthankaras. They had faith, belief and interest in their words. This implies that the Pragama formulated by such learned elders is also as authoritative as the Agam formulated by the omniscient, all-seeing Tirthankara. / Because the composition of the learned elders is not contradictory to the words of the Tirthankaras. The explanation of the special qualities of Jinamat that appear in the present text has been given in the discussion of the original text. The present Sutra is called Jiva-abhigam, but because it mainly deals with the Jiva, or from a concise perspective, this Sutra is also known as 'Jiva-abhigam'. 1. Eyan Duwalasang Ganipitaga Na Kayavi Nasi, Na Kayavi Na Bhavai, Na Kayavi Na Bhavisah, Dhruvam Nicham Sasayam. - Nandi Sutra.