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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ratnaśekhara bālasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1457 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1400]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1516Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1459]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1463 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1406]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1517 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1460]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454]
Somasundara tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1418 — 1453]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Ratnasiṃha gacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Ratnākaragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1429 — 1453]
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Mohaṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1401 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1344]
Ratnapāla Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1348 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1291]
Kānha Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Hemasiṃha sāha Jaina layperson male
Hūlaṇa sāha Jaina layperson male Kṛṣṇagaccha
Unknown Jaina layperson female
Ḍūṃgara Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Dhāndhaladevī suśrāvikā Jaina layperson female Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1380 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1323]

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