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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bodhinadī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 29 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [107]
Bhattū Jaina nun
Bhūtadattā Jaina nun Jaina
Balavarmā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 59 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2]
Balahastinī Jaina nun Jaina
Bhanaśāli, Puṃśī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1682 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1625]
Bhānuśrī
Bhattū
Bhorāṇakīya, Devaśrī Jaina layperson female Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1294]
Bharamī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429]
Bhūmi Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1440 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1384]
Bāhaḍadevī, Jaina layperson female
Bāsū Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1521 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1465]
Bhuvanaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1275 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218] . Jābālipura, India
Bhūtā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Jaina
Buddhisamṛuddhi gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1315-1316 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1258] . Pālaṇapura
Bhāīyā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1434]
Bhuvanalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1339 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1282] . Jābālipura, India
Bhuvanasundarī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1340 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1283] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Bāīyā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Bālikā Demī kṣullikā (kṣullikā) Kṣullikā
Bālikā Kuariya kṣullikā (kṣullikā) Kṣullikā Rāmasenānvaya
Buddhiśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Bhāgasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Bhaktisiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1748] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Bhāvasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Bhānu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina layperson female
Buddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Bakhtāvara sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Bhuvanasamṛddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
Bhāgu āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Bhāgāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Bhīma sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1941 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1884]
Bhuvana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1973 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1917]
Buddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Bhakti sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1901]
Bhāvapurṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1938] . Navāvāsa / Durgāpura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2022 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966]
Bahinā Jaina
Bhadraguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2026 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1970] . Merāu / Merāu, Kaccha, Gujarat, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2026 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1970] . Merāu / Merāu, Kaccha, Gujarat, India
Bhavyaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2038 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1982] . Ḍepā / Ḍepā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Bhāvaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2039 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1983] . Sābharaī / Sābharaī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2039 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1983] . Thāṇā / Maharāṣṭrā, India
Bhuvanaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2013 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1957]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2013 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1957]
Bhaktiśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1898] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1924]
Bhanuśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1992 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Sanyerā, Kaccha Abaḍāsā / Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1992 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Bhinsarā / Bhinsarā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Bhāvalakṣmi mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Bhaktiguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2048 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1992]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2048 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1992] . Bhujapura / Bhujapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Bhāṇī Householder female
Bhagatalikhamī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Bidhiyamma Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1000-1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [994] . Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
Bhattū Jaina nun
Bakhatāvara Jaina nun
Bhāgavatī Jaina nun
Bhāvayaśā Jaina nun
Basaṃtaprabhā Jaina nun
Bhūrāṃ Jaina nun
Bakhatāvara Jaina nun
Bhīkhāṃ Jaina nun
Bhāvanāśrī Jaina nun
Barajū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma)
Barajū Jaina nun
Bhattū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1982 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1925] . Kelavā / Kelavā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Rājaladesara, Rājasthāna, India
Bhāṇa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1919] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Bhopaladevī Householder female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Bhattū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1920] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
Bīdāmā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1918] . Sirevaṛī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Rājaladesara, Rājasthāna, India
Bhāṇa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1900] . Kapāyā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1899] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1901] . Muñdrā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Bhīkhāṃ Jaina nun
Bakāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Bhīkhāṃ agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1758 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Rājasthāna, Byāvara / Rajasthan, Byāvara, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1758 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Rājasthāna, Byāvara / Rajasthan, Byāvara, India
Bhīkhāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
Bhīkhāṃ agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Bhattū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
Bhīkhāṃ Jaina nun
Bhūrāṃ Jaina nun
Bhattū Jaina nun
Bhūrāṃ Jaina nun
Bhūrāṃ Jaina nun
Bhīkhāṃ Jaina nun
Bālū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma) Khīṃyāsara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Bhāmāṃ Jaina nun
Bakhatāvara Jaina nun
Bakhatāvara Jaina nun
Bhūrāṃ Jaina nun
Barajū Jaina nun
Barajū Jaina nun
Bagatū Jaina nun
Barajū Jaina nun
Bālū Jaina nun
Bhattū Jaina nun
Bakhatāvara Jaina nun
Bhattū Jaina nun
Bācikabbe Jaina layperson female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1128]
Bāhaḍadevī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Vi.Saṃ. 1132 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1075]
Bhāṇabāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
Bhāratī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Bhramarāde Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1410-1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373]
Bhaddilā Householder female
Bhāvalade śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1480 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1424]
Bharamī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1460 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1404]
Bhalī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]

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