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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Sūrācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Garga maharṣi, ṛṣi ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā) Śāṇapura, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
Durga svāmin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [883]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
Bhadrabāhu svāmin, aṅgadhārī, aṣṭāṅgamahānimittatattvajña, traikālyadarśī paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaṇin (gaṇin), ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 26 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-31]
Kāna ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1779Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1722]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1722]
Tejasiṃha Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1706 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1686]
Guptigupta ekāṅgadhārin paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 26-36 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-26]
Devakumāra muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Nemikumāra muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Varasiṃha paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533] . Sādaṛī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1606Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1550]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533 — 1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
Varasiṃha śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507] . Pāṭaṇa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1587Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1531]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508 — 1567] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1567] . Stambhanaka / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Jayānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kauṭikagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [743]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Jesaṅga ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Goṇḍalagaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1869 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1812]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1935/1936Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1879]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1935/1936 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1879]
Jesaṅga muni (muni) Jaina monk Cūḍā Sampradāya
Udesaṅga muni (muni) Jaina monk Cūḍā Sampradāya
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha

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