Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.
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Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].
| Place | Person | Event Type | Institution | Start Date | End Date |
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| Goṣṭhāmāhila, 584 Vīra, disciple of preceptor Rakṣita, creator of the 7. or Abaddhika nihnava (doctrine of the unboundedness of the soul) | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
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| Ahivallya, Vīra 565-593 | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
565-593 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[52] |
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| Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India | Nāilla, reigned 581-595 Vira, King | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
581 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[54] |
595 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[68] |
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| Sadhi, about 50 A.D., Koṭṭiyagaṇa, pupil of Balatrata (about 50 A.D., Koṭṭiyagaṇa) | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
107 Vikram Samvant (North India)
[50] |
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| Jāvaḍa, śrāvaka, 570 Vīra (or 577 Vīra or † Vi.Saṃ. 108) | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
577 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[50] |
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| Balatrata, about 50 A.D., Koṭṭiyagaṇa, Uccanāgarīśākhā | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
107 Vikram Samvant (North India)
[50] |
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| Yakṣadeva, sūri, about 585 Vīra, Upakeśagaccha | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
585 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[58] |
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| Dhanagiri, ārya, about 580 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra, disciple of Phalgumitra, yugapradhāna after Phalgumitra and before Śivabhūti | Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) |
580 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[53] |
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| Nāilla, reigned 581-595 Vira, King | Reign (rājya) |
581 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[54] |
595 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[68] |
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| Rakṣita (Āryarakṣita), sūri, 522-597 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ. 52-127, disciple of preceptor Vajrasvāmin | Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
597 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[70] |
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| Daśapura | Goṣṭhāmāhila, 584 Vīra, disciple of preceptor Rakṣita, creator of the 7. or Abaddhika nihnava (doctrine of the unboundedness of the soul) | Heresy (nihnava) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
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| Śrīgupta, † Vīra 548, preceptor of Rohagupta (Kauśikagotra, founder of the Trairāśikaśākhā) | Death (mahāprayāṇa) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
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| Rakṣita (Āryarakṣita), sūri, 522-597 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ. 52-127, disciple of preceptor Vajrasvāmin | Death (mahāprayāṇa) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
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| Jāvaḍa, śrāvaka, 570 Vīra (or 577 Vīra or † Vi.Saṃ. 108) | Death (mahāprayāṇa) |
108 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
[51] |
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| Rathāvartagiri | Vajra, ārya, † 584 Vīra, Gautamagotra, son of ārya Dhanagiri, founder of the Āryavajraśākhā, yugapradhāna after Siṃhagiri and before Vajrasena or Ratha | Death (mahāprayāṇa) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
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| Vajrasena, ārya, † 620 Vīra, Utkṛṣṭagotra, disciple and successor of Vajra, predecessor of Candra (sūri 620-627 Vīra) | Gaccheśa inauguration (gaccheśapadasthāpanā) |
584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[57] |
Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.