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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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
Munisundara kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381]
  2. Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
Rāmacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Sūrāṇagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1878]
Jinabhakti sūri (sūri), muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713] . Indapālasaragrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713 — 1747]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1747] . Māṇḍavī, Gujarat, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Sādhuraṅga pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1530]
Sūrācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Kalyāṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
Jinavardhana sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Pippalakharataraśākhā, Ādyapakṣīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1469 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1412]
Vijayarāja sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya) Jaina monk Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1679 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1623]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1633]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1742 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1686]
Timmarāja Jaina layperson male
Cārukīrti paṇḍita, guru muni (muni), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa, Deśīgaṇa
Puṣpasena
Kṣemahaṃsa vācanācārya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Megha
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
Kamalasaṃyama upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Kuśalalābha vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1616 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1638Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1560 — 1582]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1657 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1600]
Yaśovīra Jaina layperson male
Samarasiṃhadeva
Cārubhaṭa bhaṭa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1260 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1203]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1260 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1203]
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1598 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1541]
Jinasāgara gaccheśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Pippalakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1428]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1510Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1428 — 1453]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
Jinapadma bāladhavalakūrcālasarasvatī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1381 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1324] . Pañjāb / India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1381 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1400Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1324 — 1343]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
Jinasamudra sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Ādyapakṣīyaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1449] . Bāhaḍameru
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1521 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1464]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1555Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1449 — 1498]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550-1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
Unknown Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1393 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1336]
Nānakacandra ṛṣi Jaina monk Sūrāṇagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): VS 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1876]
Nandalāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): VS 1785 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1728]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543]
Devagupta kavī, śāstrajña, siddhāntapāragāmī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Tulasīrāma
Jñānānanda mahārāja yati (yati) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1891] . Jayapura / Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Jayaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Unknown
Vinayaprabha upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Haṃsavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Vināyaka, Trivedi Householder male
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
Hararāja Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1617 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1561]
Vyāsa, Rādhākṛṣṇa Householder male
Bühler, Georg Householder
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Irugapa Jaina layperson male Digambara
Siṃghā Jaina layperson male

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