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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Avalabāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Avalabāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Ālhaṇadevī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1300 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1243]
Akkādevī
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 940 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1018]
Abhayasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Anupamā devī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Aryadāsi
Akakā Jaina nun Aryaśrīkāsaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 59 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2]
Anupamā mahattarā, devī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1293 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1236]
Ajitaśrī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1227 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1170] . Marūkoṭa, India
Abhayamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Āsamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Ānandaśrī mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Āsamatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1265 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1208] . Lavaṇakheḍā, India
Āgamavṛddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1323 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1266] . Jābālipura, India
Anantalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1324 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1267] . Jābālipura, India
Ājī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Amṛtaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1348 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1291] . Prahlādanapura
Āṣālakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1371 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1314]
Ājñāvallari gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Anubhava sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Śājāpura, India / Śājāpura, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 2043 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1986]
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Abhu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amari Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Amṛtalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764] . Talavāṭa / Talavadā, Gujarāta
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768]
Akṣayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768] . Bhuṃbhā Daḍā, India / India
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amarasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amṛtacūlā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Akhayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Amara gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amarā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Amaraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amṛtā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1846] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India
Akhemālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1851 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1794] . Stambhanakapura / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Ānandamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Deśanoka, India / India
Anupama sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Abhaya sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923]
Amṛta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905]
Ārāma sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Amolaka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Ajita sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912]
Aśoka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934]
Āṇandaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Amarā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Aṃbavī Unknown Hindu, Jaina
Adū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Ajāī mumukṣu (mumukṣu) Jaina nun Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Ajabaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Avicalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1966 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1910] . Farādī / Farādī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1962]
Akṣayaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1946] . Kānḍāgarā, Kaccha / Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1988 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1932]
Ātmaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1988 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1932] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1964]
Āpū Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda
Ānandaśrī gaṇinī gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Ajabo bāi Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Anopo Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1722]
Anantaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2022 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Rāmāṇīyā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2022 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Rāmāṇīyā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Ātmāguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Amitaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1975] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1975] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Anantaratnāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2040 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1984] . Talwāṇā / Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2040 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1984] . Laijā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
Anopā
Abhayaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2019 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1963] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2019 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1963] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
Aśokaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Laijā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1985 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1929]
Āgamariddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Arhadaguṇāśrī Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2047 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1991] . Cāngaḍāī / Cāngaḍāī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2047 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1991] . Mālīyā / Gujarāta, Rājkoṭa, India
Ānandaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916]
Aruṇaprabhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1992 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Bhujapura / Bhujapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1956]
Anupamāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1906] . Talavāṇā / Talavāṇā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1956]
Aruṇaprabhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1987 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1931] . Ḍumarā / Gujarāta, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Amarendraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1907] . Kaccha, Gujarata, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2006 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1949] . Pālītāṇā, Gujarata, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2048 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1992] . Koṭaḍā / Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Amṛti bāi Jaina layperson female Jaina
Ānandakumārī sādhvī (sādhvī), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina nun
Anuprekṣāśrī Jaina nun
Ānandaśrī Jaina nun
Aśokaśrī Jaina nun
Arcanāśrī Jaina nun
Arhatprabhā Jaina nun
Akhilayaśā Jaina nun
Ārādhanāśrī Jaina nun
Arcanāśrī Jaina nun
Āsthāprabhā Jaina nun
Ātmāyaśā Jaina nun
Arhamaprabhā Jaina nun
Aṇimāśrī Jaina nun
Aruṇaprajñā Jaina nun
Amṛtā Jaina nun
Amṛtā Jaina nun
Aggimittā Jaina layperson female
Ajī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1453]
Aṇahilā Householder female
Abhayacandrikā bhuvanakhyātā Jaina layperson female Digambara
Amarāde Jaina layperson female Añcalagaccha
Amohinī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Assiṇī Householder female
Aṇojjā Householder female

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