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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayadāna pāṭavī sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1496] . Jāmalāgrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1610Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1502 — 1554]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565] . Vaṭapallī
Rāmacandra sādhupūrṇimāpakṣamaṇḍana, vidhipakṣacūḍāmaṇi sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha, Sādhu Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1433]
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]
Hemavimala paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Vijayatilaka sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1579] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1579 — 1619]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
Dharmamūrti sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Trambāvatī, Gujarat, Khambhāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1542]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1670Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545 — 1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
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
Vijayakṣamā sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1732 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1675] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1723]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1682] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1784 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1727] . Māṃgaroḷa
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1785 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1728] . Diva
Jayakesarin gaccheśa, gaccheśvara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404] . Śrīthāmanagara, Pāñcāladeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1418]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444 — 1483]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1542 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1485]
Lakṣmīcandra sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1880 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1823]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1842 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1786]
Vardhamāna sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1733Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1723 — 1676]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (svargagamana): 1733 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1676]
Harṣacandra paṇḍita sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1803]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1842 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1786] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Bhojarāja sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1840 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1822Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1783 — 1766] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Phatepura / Fatehapura, Rājasthāna, Mevāṛa, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1822 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1766] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
Jñānaratna gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Viḍālaṃbī śākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600-1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1564]
Sukhamala gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1727 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1670]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1682]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1727 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1763Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1670 — 1706] . Dhorājī, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭrā, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1706] . Dhorājī, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭrā, India
Harakhacanda gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
Tulasī gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Phālguna (phālguna) 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1721]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jagajīvana gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1771]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1771]
Kuṃvara ṛṣi, śrīpūjya gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1624Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1568]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1571]
Jinacandra sādhu (sādhu), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Pippalakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1706]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1794Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693 — 1737]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1794 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1737]
Guṇasāgara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), ācārya (ācārya), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Dedhiyā / Dedhiyā, Gujarat, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1937]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 2044 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1988]
Vairāgara gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Meḍatā, Rājasthāna, India
Nemidāsa gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Udayapura / Udayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Udayasiṃha ṛṣi gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Rāmasiṃha gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Vastupāla gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  2. Death (svargagamana) Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
Khūbacanda gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk
Śrīpata sādhu (sādhu), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]

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