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- Footprint image consecration (caraṇapādukāpratiṣthā) (1)
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- Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya / Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya, Gujarāta, India (1)
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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Kalyāṇasāgara	añcalagaccheśa	gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576] . Lolāḍagrāma Birth (janma): 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Dhavalakapura Initiation (dīkṣā) Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661] . Bhujanagara
Vijayatilaka		sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha	Birth (janma): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1579] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat Initiation (dīkṣā): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1579 — 1619] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
Vijayasena		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577] . Īlādurga, Gurjara / Īḍara, Gujarāta, India
Vijayadeva	mahātapā	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577] Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577] 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] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Rāmacandra			Householder male	Jaina	Birth (janma): 1629 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1573] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565]
Dharmasiṃha	munivara	muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya	Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Ratnasī	paṭṭālaṅkāra	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk		Birth (janma): 1632 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1575] Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1648 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1591] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1632 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1686Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1575 — 1630] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1629]
Jasavanta	ṛṣi, gacchatilaka	ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)	Jaina monk	Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]

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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.