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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1111]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
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
Puṇyasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1818 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1761]
Gaṇḍarāditya
Kalyāṇasāgara añcalagaccheśa gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576] . Lolāḍagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Dhavalakapura
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661] . Bhujanagara
Kumārakīrti Jaina monk Digambara
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 sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Jinaharṣa gaṇabhṛt, pūjya, gaccheśa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Vālevāgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Āūgrāma
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Maṇḍovara, Madhya pradeśa, India
Mārasiṃha mahārājādhirāja, triṇetra, gaṅgakulakumudakaumudīmahāteja, vanagajamallapratimallabalavadalladarpadal̥anaprakaṭīkṛtavikrama, gaṇḍamārtaṇḍapratāpaparirakṣitasiṃhāsanādirājyacihna, praṇatamāṭūravaṃśaja, samunmūlitarājyakaṇṭaka, sañcūrṇitoccaṅgigiridurga, saṃhṛtanaragābhidhānaśabarapradhāna, pratāpāvanataceracol̥apāṇḍyapallava, pratipālitajinaśāsana, nol̥ambakul̥āntakadeva Jaina layperson male
Būṭerāya prabhāvaka gādīpati (gādīpati), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Sikh, Nāgaramala Malūkacanda Ṭola, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1863 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1806] . Daluā / Dulavāṃ, Pañjāba, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1888Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1831 — 1831]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1930 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1873]
Govyoja Jaina layperson male
Rājamalla
Ravikīrti Digambara
Cīkārya Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 825 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [903]
Yaśovīra Jaina layperson male
Samarasiṃhadeva
Dharmaghoṣa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Yaśovīra Jaina layperson male
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
Vivekamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1532]
Vaira svāmin Jaina monk Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153]
Maṇḍalika Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Vinayamaṇḍana muni (muni), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1648Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534 — 1592]
Sādhāraṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina
Karmāśā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Vidyāmanḍana sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1614Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1558]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1614Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1541 — 1558]
Kumbhā Householder Hindu
Lālī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1673 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1617]
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]
Padamasī sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1225 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1272Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1169 — 1216]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1272 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1216]
Bhīmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1402 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1346]
Bhāramala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Māṃḍaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sumatisundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438] . Velāṃgarī, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Sahasā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Gautamasāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Birth (janma): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1864] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2009Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884 — 1953]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1953] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Durjanaśāla Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Śāntaladevī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1128]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1053 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1131]

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