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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Lava	ṛṣi	muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Lauṃkāgaccha, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Dharmadāsa		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1716 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1759 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Dhārānagarī, India
Kuśālarāya			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
Mahāsiṃha	pūjya		Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1793]
Ratnavijaya		gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Raṇajitasiṃha	sāheb		Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Unknown			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Unknown			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Jeṭhamala			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1865 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1808]
Khuśālarāya			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
Dhanā		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata, Dharmadāsa Sampradāya	Birth (janma): 1701 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1645] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1790 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1733] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1716/1725 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1664] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1780/1784 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1726]
Malukacanda	śrīpūjya	muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773]
Vṛndāvana			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1790 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1733]
Haridāsa			Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1771 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1714]
Bhavanīdāsa		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1810 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1753]
Rāmalāla		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1900 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1843]
Jīvarāja		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Ḍhuṇḍhakamata, Jīvarāja Sampradāya	Initiation (dīkṣā): 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1598] . Pīpāḍa, India / Pīpāḍa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1610]
Vijayānanda	mahāmuni, paṇḍitapravara, mahāmunirāja	muni (muni), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Vijayaśākhā, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Birth (janma): 1894 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1837] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Kārttika (kārttika) 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835 — 1896] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Gujarāṃvālā
Amarasiṃha		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Ḍhuṇḍhakamata	Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1899 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1842] Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1898 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]

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