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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Munisundara kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381]
  2. Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
Munīśvara vādigajāṅkuśa sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1351]
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
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]
Jinacandra paramavara sūri (sūri), gacchapati (gacchapati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538] . Vaḍalīgrāma (near Timarīnagara)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613] . Venātaṭa
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Vijayasena kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, savāīguru, savāīhīra, bhaṭṭārakacakravartin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] . Nāradapurī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1615] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Vajrasena deśanājaladhara gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350-1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1383Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318 — 1326]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1383 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1326]
Jagaccandra hirā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caitragaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1285 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1295/1296Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1228 — 1239]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1295/1296 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1239]
Jayaśekhara kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1255 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1198]
Śāntideva svāmin, śabdacaturmukha Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1038]
Harṣakula paṇḍita, vibudha, śatārthin, paṇḍitaratna, sahasrārthī gaṇin (gaṇin), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526]
Durlabha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1066 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1078Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1010 — 1022] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
Dharmavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Vegaḍakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1422 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1365]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373] . Śaktipura, India
Deva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1038]
Mudāphara Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Samayaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Lakṣmīdhara vibudhāgraṇī Householder male
Jaitrapāla Householder male
Firuz Householder male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1407 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1351 — 1469] . Dillī
Śāha, Mahamada begaḍo Jaina layperson male Jaina
Sāraṃga Householder male Hindu
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Hammīra Householder male
Jahāṅgīra pātaśāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1684Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606 — 1627] . Dillī
Jaitrasimha Householder male
Karṇadeva Householder male
Bahāduraśāha Householder male Muslim

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