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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ajitadeva sūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1191 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1250Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1134 — 1193]
Amaramāṇikya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558]
Ānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1072]
Arhaddatta ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Abhayacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha, Sādhu Pūrṇimāgaccha
Āsaḍa kavisabhāśṛṅgāra Jaina monk Thārāpadragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1248 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1191]
Amiavijaya Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1898 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841]
Āryarakṣita muni (muni), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sārdhapaurṇimīyakamata, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079] . Dantāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1236Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079 — 1179]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1236 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1179]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Ānandakīrti paṇḍita paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Ānandaghana mahārāja, prabhu, yogīputra Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
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)
Amṛtavijaya paṇḍita paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina
Ambadeva upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Devasūrigaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
Arasārya Jaina layperson male
Arihamitra sādhu (sādhu), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1882 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1355]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1902 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1375]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1882 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1963Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1355 — 1436]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1493 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1437]
Arjuna deva Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1318 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1331Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1262 — 1275]
Aṣaïdevacanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1653]
Atimukta Householder male
Ajitasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Abhayadeva śvetāmbaragrāmaṇī, samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha, Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [993]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1016] . Dhārā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1077 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1021]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1135Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1015 — 1078]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1135 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1078] . Kappaḍavaṇija, Gurjaradeśa / Kapaḍavaṃja, Gujarāta, India
Abhayadeva maladhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1142 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Abhayadeva vādisiṃha, vādisūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Abhayasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhaśālika
Amaraprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Amararatna sūrīśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Ānandameru Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Ānandasāgara Jaina monk Sāgaraśākhā
Ananta
Āma Householder male
Anupamā devī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Abhinanda deva Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
Āryanandin bhaṭāra
Āryasura Sthānikīyakula
Āmbada
Aggaḷadeva Jaina layperson male
Arasimayya Jaina layperson male
Ādinātha Jaina layperson male
Amaraprabha sūri (sūri)
Aryadāsi
Ātmārāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1939 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1882]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1902]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1962]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1962]
Āsakaraṇa śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Phālguna (phālguna) 1724Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1667]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Phālguna (phālguna) 1724 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1667] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
Amara Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Arjuna muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Āṇanda ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Āṇanda
Amara Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Ajitasiṃha samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
Amaraprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1354 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1298]
Saṃghavī, Amarasī Jaina layperson male Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Amarasiṃha mahārājādhirāja Householder Vaiṣṇava
Akhaī sāha Jaina layperson male
Abhayacanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
Ānanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
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]
Ananta
Ābhū Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Āsaḍa Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Ālhaṇasiṃha Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Āmbā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Arhaddatta sthavira Jaina monk Kauṭikagaṇa
Āṇandaprabha Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Āṇanda muni (muni) Jaina monk
Amararatna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1479]
Ārāṃma
Āṇandaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Viḍālaṃbī śākhā
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Agnidatta sthavira Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357]
Amaravijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Abhayadharma upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1616 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1625Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1560 — 1569]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā
Āsakarṇa ṛṣi, pūjya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinamāṇikyasūri
Amīcanda śramaṇa (śramaṇa) Jaina layperson male Jaina
Abhayasundara sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1741 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1684] . Sācora / Sāṃcora, Rājasthāna, India
Abhayatilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Abhayakuśala paṇḍita sādhu (sādhu), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1712 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1655]
Ālhādana Jaina layperson male Jaina
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1539]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1539]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578]
Ajitadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1629Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554 — 1573]
Abhayacandra Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Ānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Ālhaṇa Householder male Jaina
Āṇanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Auraṇgzeba(Muhi al-Din Muhammad),Alamgir I Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1715 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1764Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659 — 1708] . Dillī
Ājamakhāna Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1771 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1715]
Amīcanda sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1889 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1832]
Amarasundara paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Āditya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Śojhitavālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [123]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [123]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [394]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [394]
Ajitayaśa samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [400]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [400]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [625]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [625]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 732 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [676]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 732 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [676]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [916]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [916]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [943]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [943]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1112]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1113]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1143]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1143]

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