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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (438)
  • Male (puruṣa) (5,499)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (654)
  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (12)
  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (7)
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• Title show all

  • Ācārya (Academic Qualification) (ācārya) (1)
  • BA (1)
  • LLB (1)
  • Maharāva (mahārāva) (2)
  • Paṇḍita (Academic Qualification) (paṇḍita) (2)
  • Saṃghapati (saṃghapati) (1)
  • Saṃghavī (saṃghavī) (3)
  • Saṃvarī (saṃvarī) (1)
  • Siddharāja (siddharāja) (1)
  • Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) (51)
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• Honorific / Epithet show all

  • adhyātmin (2)
  • advaitaguṇakalita (1)
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• Byname show all

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  • gujarātīgadya nā ādya puraskartā (1)
  • hīralā (1)
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• Clan show all

  • Agnivaiśyāyana (Agnivaiśyāyana) (1)
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  • Baraṛa (Baraṛa) (1)
  • Bhaḍāara (Bhaḍāara) (1)
  • Bhaḍāgīyā (6)
  • Bhaṇasālī (Bhaṇasālī) (6)
  • Bhaṇaśālika (Bhaṇaśālika) (1)
  • Bhaṇḍasālī (Bhaṇḍasālī) (1)
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• Caste show all

  • Agaravāla (Agravāla) (1)
  • Bhāvasāra (Bhāvasāra) (6)
  • Brahmabhaṭa (Brahmabhaṭa) (1)
  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (9)
  • Cauhāna (Cauhāna) (2)
  • Gallaka (Gallaka) (1)
  • Godhā (Godhā) (1)
  • Gūrjara (Gūrjara) (1)
  • Huṃbaḍa (Huṃbaḍa) (13)
  • Jālaharā (Jālaharā) (1)
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• Caste Division

  • Daśa (Dasa) (17)
  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (6)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (2)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (87)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (25)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (22)
  • Foreigner (Ionian) (Yavana) (89)
  • Harijana (Harijana) (1)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (24)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (54)
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• Family Lineage show all

  • Buddha (buddha) (6)
  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (1)
  • Cāpotkaṭa (Cāpotkaṭa) (1)
  • Caulukya (Caulukya) (2)
  • Cāvaḍā (Cāvaḍā) (8)
  • Dave (Dave) (2)
  • Dośī (Dośī) (7)
  • Ghīzanī (Ghīzanī) (4)
  • Ghorī (Ghorī) (3)
  • Gulāma (Gulāma) (10)
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• Family Occupation

  • Dyer (rañjaka) (3)
  • Farmer (kisāna) (2)
  • King (rāja) (51)
  • Merchant (ibhya) (1)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (4)
  • Merchant (vyāpāri) (4)
  • Potter (kumhāra) (1)
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• Family Relationship show all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (3)
  • Ancestor (pūrvaja) (2)
  • Brother (bhāī) (58)
  • Brother (bhrātā) (2)
  • Brother (sodara) (2)
  • Brother in law (sālā) (1)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (3)
  • Daughter (putrī) (12)
  • Descendant (vaṃśaja) (1)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (14)
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• Birth Date show all

  • -390 – -381 (1)
  • -340 – -331 (1)
  • -300 – -291 (1)
  • -290 – -281 (1)
  • -250 – -241 (1)
  • -230 – -221 (1)
  • -180 – -171 (1)
  • -100 – -91 (1)
  • -30 – -21 (1)
  • -10 – -1 (1)
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• Birth Place show all

  • Adhoī / Adhoī, Gujarāta, Purva Kaccha, India (1)
  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa (1)
  • Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India (1)
  • Bahalolapura (1)
  • Barānapura, India (1)
  • Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India (1)
  • Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (1)
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• Religious Status show all

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (4)
  • Brahmacārin (brahmacārin) (1)
  • Brahmacāriṇī (brahmacāriṇī) (1)
  • Householder (gṛhapati) (121)
  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (10)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (113)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (354)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (774)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (3,918)
  • Jaina monk (yati) (3)
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• Monastic Position show all

  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (1)
  • anagāra (anagāra) (3)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (66)
  • chadmastha (chadmastha) (1)
  • gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) (6)
  • gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) (7)
  • gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara) (2)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (28)
  • gacchapati (gacchapati) (3)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (6)
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• Monastic Relationship show all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (3)
  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (2)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (66)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (20)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) (3)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (27)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (satīrthya) (4)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (58)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (8)
  • Granddaughter disciple (pautrīśiṣyā) (1)
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• Religion

  • Buddhist (2)
  • Hindu (56)
  • Jaina (5,193)
  • Jaina (Jaina) (1)
  • Muslim (109)
  • Sikh (1)
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• Denomination

  • Brāhmaṇa (10)
  • Digambara (58)
  • Pārśvanāthāpatyīya (1)
  • Śvetāmbara (3,137)
  • Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara) (1)
  • Vaiṣṇava (5)
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• Sect Tradition show all

  • Amūrtipūjaka (665)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (3)
  • Candragaccha (3)
  • Kāṣṭhāsaṃgha (8)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Mūlasaṃgha (26)
  • Murtipujaka (10)
  • Murtipūjaka (4)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (2,455)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka) (1)
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• Sect show all

  • Añcalagaccha (168)
  • Bhartṛpurīyagaccha (1)
  • Bhāvadāragaccha (3)
  • Bījamata (1)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (71)
  • Caitragaccha (1)
  • Candragaccha (127)
  • Deśīgaṇa (2)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (136)
  • Dharmasiṃgha Sampradāya (74)
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• Sect Branch show all

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (34)
  • Anupamacandra Sampradāya (Koṭā Sampradāya II) (10)
  • Balātkāragaṇa (22)
  • Begaṛaśākhā (1)
  • Bharavachevālagaccha (1)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (15)
  • Bhīmapallīyaśākhā (11)
  • Borasiddhīyaśākhā (2)
  • Brahmadvīpikāśākhā (1)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (1)
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• Sect Sub Branch show all

  • Ajarāmara Cha Koṭi Sampradāya (6)
  • Ajarāmara Sampradāya (23)
  • Baravāḷā Sampradāya (6)
  • Boṭāda Sampradāya (8)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (1)
  • Candrakula (3)
  • Cūḍā Sampradāya (2)
  • Daulatarāma Sampradāya (Koṭā Sampradāya I) (6)
  • Ekliṅgadāsa Sampradāya (Mevāṛa Sampradāya) (14)
  • Gaṅgārāma Upaśākhā (Śājāpura Upaśākhā) (6)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch show all

  • Amarasāgarasurīrājya (1)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (1)
  • Dhrāṅgadharā Sampradāya (5)
  • Goṇḍalagaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (12)
  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (18)
  • Jinamāṇikyasūri (7)
  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa (13)
  • Līmbaḍī Nānā Pakṣa (6)
  • Mannālāla Sampradāya (Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 2) (6)
  • Nannācārya (13)
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• Institution show all

  • (Gujarāta) Purātattva Mandira (2)
  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (23)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (16)
  • Agaracanda Nāhaṭā Saṃgraha (7)
  • Amaravijayamuni Sinora, Ḍabhoi Bhaṇḍāra (2)
  • Anantanātha Jaina Mandira, Māṃdavī, Mumbaī (21)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (100)
  • Bhadrasūri Jñānabhaṇḍāra, Jesalamera (1)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (2)
  • Bhuvana (1)
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• Institution Type show all

  • Charity (5)
  • Folk Culture Research Institute (2)
  • Government Institution (4)
  • Modern Library (83)
  • Private Research Institute (76)
  • Research Association (1)
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (13)
  • Temple (21)
  • Traditional Library (442)
  • University (101)
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• Role show all

  • Administrator of a temple (mandirādhikāra) (2)
  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (1)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (26)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (51)
  • Attendee (upasthita) (15)
  • Author (granthakāra) (3)
  • Author (kartā) (828)
  • Breaker (ucchedaka) (3)
  • Buyer (kretā) (3)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (108)
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• Event show all

  • Abdication (rājyatyāga) (1)
  • Accepting fourth aṇuvrata (caturthavratagrahaṇa) (1)
  • Agreement (1)
  • Appointment of a general (daṇḍapatipadaniyukti) (1)
  • Approval (samujñāna) (1)
  • Approval end (samujñāna end) (1)
  • Awarding an estate / town (jāgīra nagara puraskṛta) (2)
  • Banishment (deśavaṭo) (2)
  • Bestowal of a dress (vastrapratipādana) (1)
  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (13)
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• Object show all

  • 24 Jina stava (stavanā) (1)
  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Abhayadeva (2)
  • Abolition of pilgrimage tax (tīrthyātrākaranābūda) (2)
  • Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya (Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya) (1)
  • Aṇahillapura (Aṇahillapura) (1)
  • Añcalagaccha (Añcalagaccha) (1)
  • Area for community (Vāsa - Pāṭaka) (2)
  • As a rule (niryāmaṇāpurvaka) (3)
  • Ascetic wandering (vihāra) (4)
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• Event Place show all

  • Acalagaḍha, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India (3)
  • Adhoī / Adhoī, Gujarāta, Purva Kaccha, India (1)
  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadābāda (19)
  • Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya / Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya, Gujarāta, India (1)
  • Ahamadanagara (3)
  • Ahammadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ahammadapura, India / Ahammadapura, India (1)
  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa (1)
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• Catalogue show all

  • Balbir 2019 (1)
  • Balbir et al. 2006 (2)
  • Barnett 1940 (1)
  • Deśāī & Koṭhārī 1978-1997 (2)
  • Kapadia 1935 (30)
  • Kapadia 1936 (23)
  • Kapadia 1940 (23)
  • Kapadia 1952 (10)
  • Kapadia 1957 (2)
  • Kapadia 1977 (3)
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• Genre show all

  • Artha (2)
  • Astronomy & Astrology (4)
  • Avacūri (7)
  • Avacūrṇi (4)
  • Bālabodha (1)
  • Bālāvabodha (108)
  • Bhāṣya (6)
  • Biographical poem (2)
  • Biography (1)
  • Canonised text (15)
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• Language show all

  • Apabhraṃśa (1)
  • Bhāṣā (11)
  • Eastern Hindi (1)
  • English (217)
  • English & Italian (1)
  • English & Sanskrit (104)
  • Gujarati (6,016)
  • Gujarati & Marvari (1)
  • Gujarati & Prakrit (3)
  • Hindi (185)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (257)
  • Gujarātī (6,022) [x]
  • Gujarātī & Devanāgarī (1)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (56)
  • Kannaḍa (1)
  • Old Devanāgarī (1)
  • Roman (3)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (103)
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