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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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]
Nayavijaya upādhyāya (upādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1653]
Jinamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1480-1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Ratnacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617]
Candrabhānu Householder male
Māṇikyaśekhara sūrīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Jinadatta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vāyaḍagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1265-1285 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218]
Harṣanandana vādin, vādīndra pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670-1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1623]
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]
Unknown
Jasū ṛṣi Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka
Ananta paṇḍita Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1635]
Abhayasundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1761 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1704]
Dharmasiṃha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1568]
Udayaprabha deva sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1288 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1231]
Ṛddhikuśala paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
Unknown
Unknown
Karmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Nemicandra saiddhāntin, saiddhāntadeva Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1070-1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1028]
Devendra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1327Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1270]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1327 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1270] . Unknown / Mālava
Nihālacandra Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
Saṃghavijaya paṇḍita, vibudha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Vidyāsāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Candrakula
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1691] . Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1756 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1700]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1797 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1740]
Rājahaṃsa vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Vidyāvardhana muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1784 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1727]
Jñānasāgara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1737 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1680]
Lakṣmīmeru paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Kṣemakīrtiśākhā
Dayāvijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650-1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1618]
Vimalakīrti gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Kamalasundara paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Jayakuśala muni (muni), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1682 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1706Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1625 — 1650]
Sumatiraṅga paṇḍita paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1706 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1649]
Jayamala muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1520 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1598]
Guṇaratna vācanācārya, vādīndra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhaśākhā, Jinamāṇikyasūri
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Dīptivijaya Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Cimanalāla paṇḍita Jaina layperson male Digambara
Bendall
Caturbhoja
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1632]
Vimalavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1682]
Ravivardhana gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1698 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1641]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1682]
Harṣasāgara vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1743]
Harṣakīrti sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625-1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Lāvaṇyadharma gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480]
Gaṅgārāma
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1897 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1840]
Gulābacanda Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1897 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1840]
Gajavijaya paṇḍita, budha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Gaṅgā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
Bhuvanodaya paṇḍita Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1484]
Jñānasundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1484]
Unknown Jaina monk Ḍāhaḍāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1569]
Ratnaviśāla Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Jinamāṇikyasūri
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1623]
Harṣasoma panḍitacakracuḍāmaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Jinacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1406 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1349]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1415 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1358] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Nākhī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1411 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1354]
Jñānavijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1721]
Jinabhadra munīndra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1204, 1218 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1154]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1123]
Nayakuñjara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Manaka Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 100 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-427]
Śīlabhadra paṇḍita
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1315 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1258]
Daśārṇabhadra
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1315 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1258]
Unknown
Ravidāsa Jaina monk Jaina
Vīravijaya paṇḍita, mahārāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1701 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1644]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1781 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1724]
Dayārāma paṇḍita Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1723]
Municandra paṇḍita Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1648 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1591]
Devacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1648Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1519 — 1592]
Devasamudra paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1294 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1237]
Devānanda paṇḍita
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1294 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1237]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1287 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1230]
Dhanacandra Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1664 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1607]
Dhanapāla Jaina monk Vāyaḍagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Lakṣmīsāgara ṛṣi, paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1703]
Bhāvasāgara Jaina layperson male Jaina
Bhāvodaya Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1761 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1704] . Śinalīgrāma
Mahimāsamudra Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1667 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1610]
Pratāpavijaya Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1706]
Prāṇanārāyaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1650]
Nāraṅgadi Jaina layperson female Jaina
Unknown
Nityacandra mahopādhyāya upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
  2. Death (svargagamana): Saturday (śanivāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764]
Paṃcāyaṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565]
Nemisundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720-1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1678]
Phulā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Bhānulabdhi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565]
Puṇyavardhana gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Puṇyasundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547]
Puhvā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1632]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Meghacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Unknown Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1247 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1190]
Unknown Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1247 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1190]
Padmadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1292 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1235]

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