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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinabhadra muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1449 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1392]
  2. Birth (janma): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1489 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1511Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1433 — 1455]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1514 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1457] . Kumbhalameru
Devabhadra gaṇin (gaṇin), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1290 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1233]
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]
Jinakuśala nānādādā, dādojī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280] . Samiyāṇāgrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1330 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1273]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1347 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1290]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280 — 1332]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332] . Derāura
Merutuṅga gaccheśa sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1403 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1346] . Nāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1361]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1471 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1414]
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
Vijayajinendra śrīpūjya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1801 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1744] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1817 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1760]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1801 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1884Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1744 — 1827]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1884 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1827] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1894 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1838]
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]
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
Jinasaubhāgya dinakara sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805] . Savāi seraḍā, Māravāḍa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1846]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1877 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1820]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1917 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1860] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Sumatisāgara śrīpūjya, sūri ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Vijayagaccha
Dharmaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1491] . Gandhārabandira / Gandhāra, Gujarāta
Iśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṇḍeragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1561 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1597Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1505 — 1070]
Tejasī Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661]
Bhūlā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1845 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1789]
Amaraprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
Unknown Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Unknown Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1349 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1292]
Kenhā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āpū Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda
Sogā Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1459 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1402]
Unknown Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1459 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1402]
Saṃghavī Āsā sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Unknown sūri (sūri) Jaina layperson male Añcalagaccha
Mohayādāsa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sāṭā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1482 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1425]
Siṅghāka sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1529 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1472]
Taraṣūraṅgāde Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): About 1529 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1473]
Śaktāde Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): About 1529 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1473]
Mahīyā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1497]
Hīrādevī Jaina layperson female
Sādā mahanta Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1349 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1292]

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