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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Śānticandra vidyāguru vācaka (vācaka), muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Yaśovijaya mahopādhyāya, prakāṇḍavidvāna, nyāyaviśārada vācaka (vācaka), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1658]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1631]
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
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]
Vijayaprabha tapāgacchanāyaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1677 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1620] . Manoharapura, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1634]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1749 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1692] . Unnatanagaraā / Unā, Hīravijayasūri Samādhi, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
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
Jinarāja cakravartin, kharataragaccheśa, bhagavān muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590 — 1642]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1642]
Dharmasāgara vādin, granthakāra, tārkikacakracūḍāmaṇi, vidvān yati (yati), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1522 — 1596]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
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
Vijayaratna sakalapaṇḍitapurandara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654] . Pālhaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1773Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654 — 1716]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1773 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1716] . Udayapura / Udayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Hitavijaya Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
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
Jinamāṇikya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1503]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492 — 1555]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Derāura
Bhāvaharṣa sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1593 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1537]
Vīracandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1113]
Munitilaka Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1102 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1045]
Vinayaprabha pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1407 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1350]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1382 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1325]
Dharmadeva vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100-1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1068]
Sumati upādhyāya (upādhyāya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1080-1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
Vimala upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1080 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1023]
Raṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), muni (muni), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Raṅgavijayakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1678 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1621] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
Mahādeva Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1302 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1245]
Mūlā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1572]
Pārekha, Dīpā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1572]
Devavijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Labdhivijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]

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