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.
Click on a name to view the corresponding Person Record. You can change the order of people by clicking on the column headings (Generic Name, Epithet etc).
You can refine the list of people by using the Filters on the left. You can also display statistical information about aspects of the people by clicking on the links to Bar and Bubble charts on the left.
Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].
| Generic Name | Epithet | Position | Religious Status | Religious Affiliation | Life Dates |
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| Bhuvanakīrti | Jaina monk | Balātkāragaṇa |
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| Jayakesarin | gaccheśa, gaccheśvara | sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) | Jaina monk | Añcalagaccha |
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| Jayanidhāna | muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka) | Jaina monk | Jaina, Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā |
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| Nakṣatra | ekādaśāṅgadhārin | ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Pāṇḍava | ekādaśāṅgadhārin | ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Jayasāgara | śāstrakṛt | mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Jinarājasūriśākhā, Kharataragaccha |
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| Ratnanidhāna | upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Jinadāsa | mahattara, kṣamaka | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Śvetāmbara |
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| Jinadeva | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha |
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| Nandalāla | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Jinabhadra | munīndra | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Brahmamuni | sādhu (sādhu) | Jaina monk | Pārśvacandragaccha, Tapāgaccha |
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| Dolā | Jaina nun |
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| Ṭokara | Jaina monk |
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| Haranātha | Jaina monk |
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| Akhairāma | Jaina monk | Sthānakavāsin |
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| Harṣakīrti | sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha |
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| Bhānumeru | paṇḍita | gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Padmaprabha | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Rājagaccha |
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| Jinasaubhāgya | dinakara | sūri (sūri), muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Tejapāla | sāha | Jaina monk | Kaṭukagaccha |
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| Śrīsāra | upādhyāya (upādhyāya), muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Sārīyakharataraśākhā |
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| Dānavijaya | upādhyāya (upādhyāya), vācaka (vācaka), gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Śāntisāgara | gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), vācaka (vācaka) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Devarddhi | vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa | gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Vīravijaya | paṇḍita, mahārāja | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Nityacandra | mahopādhyāya | upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Pārśvacandragaccha |
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| Somadeva | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Nemisundara | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Vimalavinaya | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Jinabhadrasūriśākhā |
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| Dharmasena | guru | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Dhīravijaya | muni (muni), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Yaśovijaya | paṇḍita | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Vijayaśākhā |
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| Naracandra | maladhārin | sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Śvetāmbara |
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| Pṛthvīcandra | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Candragaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha |
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| Varadhā | ṛṣi | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Lauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka |
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| Kānha | ṛṣi, pūjya | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Lauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka |
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| Padmanandin | Jaina monk | Digambara, Kundakundānvaya, Balātkāragaṇa |
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| Lohācārya | saptāṅgadhara, aṅgadhārī | paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Bhūpavijaya | paṇḍita | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Vijayasiṃha | sūri | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Bṛhadgaccha |
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| Lakṣmīpurandara | paṇḍita | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Jinacandrasūriśākhā |
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| Lakṣmīvallabha | gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Vinītasāgara | paṇḍita | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Viśākha | daśapūrvadhārin | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Baladeva | guru | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Bālacanda | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Sumati | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Mahīsāgara | paṇḍita, munivara | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Sūravijaya | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Molha | Jaina |
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| Yaśobhadra | ācārāṅgadhara, aṅgadhārī | ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Ratnapāla | Jaina layperson male | Mūrtipūjaka, Āgamagaccha |
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| Dayāsāgara | paṇḍita | gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Dharmasiṃha | munivara | muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya |
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| Deva | ṛṣinākara, ratnākara | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa |
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| Śiva | ṛṣinākara, māhāmuni, ṛṣirāya, sukhadāyaka | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa |
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| Prema | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa |
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| Saṃghavī, Amarasī | Jaina layperson male | Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa |
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| Sādhuratna | śrīmada, dinakara | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Dharmaghoṣagaccha |
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| Jinadeva | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Caitragaccha |
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| Srī | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Mūrtipūjaka |
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| Kāṃhna | ṛṣi (ṛṣi) | Jaina monk | Lauṃkāgaccha |
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| Samayaśrī | mahattarā | mahattarā (mahattarā) | Jaina nun | Añcalagaccha |
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| Akṣayarāja | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha |
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| Ajayarāja | sūri | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha |
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| Tārācanda | ṛṣi | Jaina monk | Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata) |
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| Kṛṣṇacandra | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata) |
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| Subhadra | aṅgadhārī | ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Digambara |
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| Śrī | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Mūrtipūjaka |
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| Nihālacanda | ṛṣi | Jaina monk | Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha |
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| Ratnaharṣa | vācaka (vācaka) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha |
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| Ratnasāra | vācaka (vācaka) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha |
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| Keśavarāja | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Vijayagaccha |
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| Somā | ṛṣi | sādhu (sādhu) | Jaina monk |
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| Āṇanda | ṛṣi | sādhu (sādhu) | Jaina monk |
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| Ramā | Jaina monk |
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| Māhāva | Jaina monk |
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| Āṇanda |
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| Jagamāla |
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| Likhamo | Jaina monk |
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| Ballū | Jaina layperson male |
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| Dīpāṃ | Jaina layperson female |
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| Holo | Jaina layperson male |
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| Sumatiruci | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Vijayaśākhā |
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| Guṇadeva | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Caitragaccha |
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| Śrī | sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Tapāgaccha |
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| Sugaṇī | Jaina layperson female |
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| Kisano | Jaina monk |
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| Dhāraṇī | Jaina layperson female |
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| Nainasukha | Jaina layperson male |
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| Raṃbhā | Jaina layperson female |
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| Bhopā | Jaina layperson male |
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| Harū | Jaina layperson female |
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| Vivekadhīra | paṇḍita, vāstuśāstrī | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Jaina, Vṛddhatapāgaccha |
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| Ṛṣabha | sāha | Jaina layperson male | Jaina |
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| Jinavijaya | paṇḍita | gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Jaina |
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| Kapūra | sādhvī (sādhvī) | Jaina |
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| Sekhā | sāha | Jaina layperson male | Kharataragaccha |
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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.