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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Buddhivijaya prabhāvaka muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1863 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1807]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1863 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1882Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1806 — 1825]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1831] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
Vijayadāna pāṭavī sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1496] . Jāmalāgrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1610Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1502 — 1554]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565] . Vaṭapallī
Bhānucandra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1550]
Sarvadeva sūri (sūri), paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1010 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [953]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [938]
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Akalaṅka deva, traividyadeva, bhaṭṭa, svāmin bhikṣu (bhikkhu), muni (muni), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa, Buddhist, Deśīgaṇa
  1. Birth (janma) Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 710 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [788]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 777 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [855]
Jīvanarāma Gaṅgārāma Jīvarāja Sampradāya
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Harṣakuśala vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1691 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1634]
Dayāsāgara vācakaśiromaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1623]
Padmānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Madanalāla vyākhayānavācasapati (vyākhayānavācasapati), pradhānamantrī (pradhānamantrī) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1952 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Rājapura/Sonīpata
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1914]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1963] . Jaṁḍiyālā Gurū
Rāmacandra Jaina monk
Siddha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Siddhācārya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1517 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1533Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1460 — 1477]
Pradyotana paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pradyotanagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 944-1144 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [987]
Maheśvara paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Vṛddhagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [938]
Nanna sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1557]
Udyotana sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1528 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1572Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1472 — 1516]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [394]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [394]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [400]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [400]
Nāthā (2) Jaina monk Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
Sundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
Udayakuśala sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1774 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1717]
Jinajaya paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk
Jinahema muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1883 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1826]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1897 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1840]
Kastūracandra Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
Vijayakesara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877 — 1930]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1894] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1930]
Vinayavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Harṣanidhāna pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Kanakasaubhāgya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1664 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1608]
Devaharṣa muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
Saubhāgyamāṇikya muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Ānandavijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534]
Haṃsaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Siddhācārya
Hīracandra upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Manoharadāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Guṇa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1636 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1580]
Guṇasāgara upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
Hema gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1605]
Darṣanavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
Mohanāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
Rukamāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1966 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1909]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
Tulasī gaṇādhipati ācārya (ācārya), yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya), gaṇādhipati (gaṇādhipati) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1914] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1982 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1925] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2054 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1997] . Gaṅgāśahara, Tulasī Śakti Pīṭha / Gaṅgāśahara, Tulasī Śakti Pīṭha, Rājasthāna, India
Sirekaṃvara agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1828 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1772] . Rājasthāna, Byāvara / Rajasthan, Byāvara, India
Ānandavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1604]
Śivacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Dharmaghoṣagaccha
Māṇakacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Dharmaghoṣagaccha
Unknown sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Udayacūlā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Nirañjanāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2006 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1950] . Koḍāya, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2006 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1950] . Pālītāṇā, Gujarata, Saurāṣṭra, India
Candradharma gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Vijayānanda mahāmuni, paṇḍitapravara, mahāmunirāja muni (muni), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Birth (janma): 1894 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1837] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  2. Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Kārttika (kārttika) 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835 — 1896]
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Gujarāṃvālā

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