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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Jinacandra		muni (muni), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1140] Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1203 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1146] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1223Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1140 — 1166] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1223 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1166] . Śāhajahānābāda / Dillī, Delhi, India
Jinacandra		muni (muni), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1487 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1430] . Jesalameru Initiation (dīkṣā): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1452 — 1479] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1473]
Jineśvara		sūri (sūri), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1245 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1188] . Maroṭa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1255 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1198] . Kheḍanagara, Marumaṇḍala Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1258 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1201] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1245 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1331Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1188 — 1274] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1331 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1274]
Jinahaṃsa	paṭṭālaṅkāra, gacchādhirāja, Gaṇādhipa	sūri (sūri), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467] . Sevā Initiation (dīkṣā): 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1556 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1579Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1499 — 1522] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1525] . Pāṭaṇa
Jinacandra	paramavara	sūri (sūri), gacchapati (gacchapati), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538] . Vaḍalīgrāma (near Timarīnagara) Initiation (dīkṣā): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613] . Venātaṭa
Jinakuśala	nānādādā, dādojī	sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280] . Samiyāṇāgrāma Birth (janma): 1330 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1273] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1347 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1290] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280 — 1332] Death (mahāprayāṇa): Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332] . Derāura
Jinamāṇikya		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1503] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492 — 1555] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Derāura
Jīva	ṛṣi		Jaina monk	Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523] Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Vastupāla			Jaina layperson male	Nāgendragaccha	Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1298 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1241]

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.