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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Mahāgiri	tapasvin, daśapūrvadhārin	āryā (āryā)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 145 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-382] Initiation (dīkṣā): 175 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-352] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 145 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 293Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-382 — -234] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 245 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-282] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 249 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-278] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-236]
Bhadrabāhu	śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra	paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Suhastin	daśapūrvadhārin	ārya (ārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Vidyādharaśākhā	Birth (janma): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336] Initiation (dīkṣā): 221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-306] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336 — -236] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 265 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-262] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-236] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 293 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-234]
Jinabhadra	pūjya, mahāmati	gaṇin (gaṇin), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Śvetāmbara	Birth (janma): 1011 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [484] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 585-645 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [558] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [623] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1025 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [498] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1011 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1115Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [484 — 588] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [593] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1115 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [588]
Guṇasundara	daśapūrvin	sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 235 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-292] Initiation (dīkṣā): 259 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-268] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 235 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 335Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-292 — -192] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
Sambhūtavijaya	śrutakevalin, sthavira	gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 66 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-461] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 66 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 156Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-461 — -371] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 156 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-371]
Nāgendra			Jaina monk	Nāgendragaccha	Birth (janma): 573 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [46] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 600-650 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [98] Initiation (dīkṣā): 592-593 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [65] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 573 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 689Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [517 — 162] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 689 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [162]
Skandila	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, yugapradhāna	ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Vidyādharaśākhā	Birth (janma): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221] Initiation (dīkṣā): 328 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-199] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221 — -113] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113]
Sthūlabhadra	śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra	sūri (sūri), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411] . Pāṭaliputra Initiation (dīkṣā): 146 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-381] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411 — -312] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Vaibhāragiri Death (mahāprayāṇa): 219 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-308]
Śyāmārya	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā	ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Śvetāmbara	Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247] Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Revatīmitra		sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 689 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 748Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [162 — 221] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 248 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [191] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 278 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [221]
Svāti		sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri)			Birth (janma): 1087 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [560] . Nyagrodhikāgrāma Initiation (dīkṣā): 1107 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [580] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 617 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 727Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [561 — 671] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1190/1197 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [666]

Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.