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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Amaramāṇikya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558]
Ānandakīrti paṇḍita paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amṛtakīrti muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1840Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1743 — 1783]
Aśokacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1140 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1083]
Aṣayamandira paṇḍita Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1887 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1830]
Abhayatilaka gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1312 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1255]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1016] . Dhārā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1077 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1021]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1135Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1015 — 1078]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1135 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1078] . Kappaḍavaṇija, Gurjaradeśa / Kapaḍavaṃja, Gujarāta, India
Abhayodaya saṃvignapaṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Ajitaśrī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1227 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1170] . Marūkoṭa, India
Abhayamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Āsamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Ānandaśrī mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Āsamatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1265 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1208] . Lavaṇakheḍā, India
Āgamavṛddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1323 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1266] . Jābālipura, India
Anantalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1324 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1267] . Jābālipura, India
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Amṛtaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1348 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1291] . Prahlādanapura
Āṣālakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1371 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1314]
Ājñāvallari gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amara gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Anubhava sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Śājāpura, India / Śājāpura, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 2043 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1986]
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1846] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India
Abhu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Akhemālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1851 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1794] . Stambhanakapura / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Ānandamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Deśanoka, India / India
Amṛtalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764] . Talavāṭa / Talavadā, Gujarāta
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768]
Akṣayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768] . Bhuṃbhā Daḍā, India / India
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amarasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amṛtacūlā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Amṛta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905]
Ārāma sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Amolaka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Ajita sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912]
Amaraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Abhayadharma upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1616 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1625Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1560 — 1569]
Āsakarṇa ṛṣi, pūjya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinamāṇikyasūri
Ānandalābha sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1650] . Rājasthāna, Jayatāraṇa, India / Rājasthāna, Jayatāraṇa, India
Aśoka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934]
Anupama sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Abhaya sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923]
Āṇandodaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Abhayakumāra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1816 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1760] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1816 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1760] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Amṛtaraṃga sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1831 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1775] . Paḍiyāla, Madhya pradeśa, India
Abhayasiṃha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinabhaktisūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1819] . Gvālera
Amaratilaka sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1878 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1821] . Pratāpagaḍha, India / Pratāpagaḍha, India
Ānandavinaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1879 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1822] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Amṛtalābha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinabhaktisūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1819] . Mirzāpura
Amarasiṃha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1819] . Gvālera
Aṇaṃdavallabha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinabhaktisūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1854 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1797] . Ahamadābāda
Abhayānanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1856 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1799] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Amṛtasāgara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinasukhasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1861 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1804] . India / Jaṇiya, India
Saṃghavī, Ālamacanda saṃghavī Jaina layperson male Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Abhayarāja sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinarājasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1829] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Avicalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]

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