The Jain terms namohub uses, and what each one means in the product.

Kshetra

A field of giving. Jain tradition recognises seven: Jin Pratima and Jin Chaitya (together dev dravya, and applicable only where there is an idol and a temple), Gyan, Sadhu, Sadhvi, Shravak and Shravika. In namohub each is a separate ledger head. See Khata.

Dev dravya

Money given to the deity — in practice Jin Pratima and Jin Chaitya. It is the strictest boundary in Jain giving: dev dravya is not spent on anything else. A Sthanakavasi or Terapanth centre has none, because it keeps no idol.

Sangh

The community itself. namohub is built for a sangh rather than for a generic nonprofit, which is why it thinks in households and traditions rather than in contacts and tags.

Pathshala

The community's religious school, usually for children. Gyanshala is the same idea under a different name, and a shibir is a residential or multi-day camp. namohub handles enrolment, attendance and fees for all three, and knows when two students are siblings.

Paryushan and Das Lakshan

The principal annual observance. Shvetambar traditions keep Paryushan over eight days; Digambar traditions keep Das Lakshan over ten, beginning the day Shvetambar Paryushan ends. A centre serving both keeps both, which is why namohub treats a sangh as serving several traditions at once rather than one.

Tithi and panchang

A tithi is a lunar day, and the panchang is the almanac that fixes them. Festival dates follow the tithi rather than the Western calendar, so they move each year. namohub computes them rather than asking someone to type them in.

Sadharmik and sadharan

Sadharmik giving supports fellow Jains in need. Sadharan is the general fund — the money a sangh can spend on ordinary running costs. Both are ordinary khatas in namohub.

Derasar, upashray, sthanak

Names for the place a community gathers: a derasar is a temple with an idol, an upashray or sthanak a hall without one. Which a sangh has decides which kshetra it collects against.