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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Dhaneśvara samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Candragaccha, Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1070 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1013]
Vijayānanda tapāgacchanāyaka muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Rohā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585 — 1655]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1655] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
Tejaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
Devaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1533]
Vajra svāmin, daśapūrvin, jātismara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āryavajraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31] . Tumbavanagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 500 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-27]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 504 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-23]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 584Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31 — 57]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57] . Rathāvartagiri
Amarasāgara gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1694 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1637] . Udayapura, Mevāḍa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1705 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1694 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1762Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1638 — 1706]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1762 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1705] . Dholaka (probably identical with Dhavalaka)
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Balissaha vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, sthavira sūri (sūri), gaṇācārya (gaṇācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [273]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-198]
Tāpasa Jaina monk Āryatāpasīśākhā, Āryatāpasīśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
Vajrasena sthavira sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āryanāgilāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 492 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-35]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 501 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-26]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 492 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 620Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-35 — 93]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [93]
Siṃha sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Śamita sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Brahmadvīpikāśākhā
Śāntisenika sthavira Jaina monk Uccanāgarīśākhā
Senika sthavira Jaina monk Āryasenikāśākhā
Kamalakalaśa sahastrāvadhānī ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Candra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Candrakula
  1. Birth (janma): 576 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [49]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 600-650 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [98]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 592 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [65]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 130 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [74]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 643 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [116]
Vijayatilaka sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1579] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587]
  3. 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]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
Ṛṣipālita sthavira Jaina monk Āryaṛṣipālitāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
Kubera Jaina monk Āryakuberāśākhā, Āryakuberāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
Ratha sthavira Jaina monk Āryajayantiśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 680 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [153]
Rājasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1721 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1664]
Deva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Suvihitapakṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1088 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1032]
Jinodaya sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1382 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1325]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1382 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1325]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1432Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318 — 1375]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1432 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1375]
Rohagupta Jaina monk Trairāśikaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 544 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [17]
Bhāvaharṣa sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1593 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1537]
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. 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
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550-1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
Priyagrantha Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 300 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-227]
Padma Jaina monk Āryapadmāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [93]
Vījā tapasvin Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Bījamata, Vijayagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514]
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. 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]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Muniśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Indradeva ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Pradyotanagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1144 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1150Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1088 — 1094] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Hānā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Haṃsarāja svāmin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1832] . Vāṃkī / Vāṃkī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1847] . Māṇḍavī, Gujarat, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1935Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1832 — 1879]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1879]
Dharmadeva tribhaviyā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tribhavīyā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1300 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1243]
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Ādyapakṣīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1510]
Bhikṣu ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1783 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1727]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1793]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1808 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1752]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1804] . Kelavā / Kelavā, Rājasthāna, India

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