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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Samayaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Kalyāṇamati mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1060 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1003]
Jinamati mahattarā sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Pūrṇaśrī mahattarā sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Jñānaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Prabhāvatī pravartinī (pravartinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1241 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1184] . Phalavardhikā
Ānandaśrī mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Hemaśrī mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Lakṣmīnidhi sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Candanaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā), sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1291 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1234] . Jābālipura, India
Priyadarśanā pravartinī (pravartinī), sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1322 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1265]
Guṇasamṛddhi mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Ratnamanjarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1342 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1285] . Jābālipura, India
Manohara sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Lohāvaṭa, India / India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2062 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [2005] . Nāgapura / Nāgapura, Mahārāṣṭra, India
Guṇa sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Mativijayā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Lakṣmīnidhi sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1287 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1230] . Pālaṇapura
Mativijayā mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina layperson female Jinaraṅgasūriśākhā
Padmasiri sādhvīvāryā (sādhvīvāryā), pravartinī (pravartinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1268 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1211] . Stambhanakapura / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1296 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1239]
Dharmalakṣmi sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1434]
Ratnacūlā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Śivacūlā gaṇinī (gaṇinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Udayacūlā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Bhāvalakṣmi mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Unknown mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha

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