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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Vijayadāna	pāṭavī	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1496] . Jāmalāgrāma 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] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505] Initiation (dīkṣā) Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565] . Vaṭapallī
Ānandavimala	tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī	sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā	Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
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
Sumatisāgara	prabhāvaka	sūri (sūri), śākhācārya (śākhācārya)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1523] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1614 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1558]
Guṇanidhāna	gaccheśvara, vidhipakṣapa	sūri (sūri), gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1492] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1600Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530 — 1544] Initiation (dīkṣā) Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1545]
Jagamāla	ṛṣi, gacchanāyaka	paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)	Jaina monk	Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka, Lauṃkāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494] . Nānapurā / Nānāpurā, Gujarāta, Kathiawad, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
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]
Sikandar Lodī			Householder	Muslim	Birth (janma): 1544 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1574Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1488 — 1517] . Śāhajahānābāda / Dillī, Delhi, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1545 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1574Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1489 — 1518] . Dillī
Saubhāgyaharṣa		sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati)	Jaina monk	Jaina, Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]

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