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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Vijayasiṃha		muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Saṃvijñatapāśākhā	Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1597] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587 — 1652] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] . Navīnapura (Navāpurā), Gujarat, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
Keśava	pūjya	ācārya (ācārya), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618] Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618 — 1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
Muktivijaya (Mūlacanda)		muni (muni), muni (saṃvegīmuni), gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Vijayaśākhā, Vijayaśākhā	Birth (janma): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1829] . Syālakoṭa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1845] . Gujarāṃvālā Initiation (dīkṣā): 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1855] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1945Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1829 — 1888] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1845] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1855] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1945 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1888] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Pokharadāsa		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Terāpantha
Sukharāma		muni (muni), agragaṇya (agragaṇya)	Jaina monk	Potiyābandha, Terāpantha	Birth (janma): 1789 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1732] . Lohāvaṭa / Lohāvaṭa, Rājasthāna, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1822 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1765] . Kheravā / Kheravā, Rājasthāna, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Vṛddhivijaya (Vṛddhicanda)	śāntamūrti	muni (muni), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Sthānakavāsin, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Vijayaśākhā	Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834 — 1892] Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1892] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Campalāla		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Terāpantha	Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1951 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1894] . Gogundā / Gogundā, Rājasthāna, Mevāḍa, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Gaṃgāśahara / Gaṃgāśahara, Rājasthāna, India

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