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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Puṣpamitra sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Buddhist
  1. Birth (janma): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23]
  2. Birth (janma): 552 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [25]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 567 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [40]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 610/617Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23 — 86]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 616 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [89]
  6. Death (nirvāṇa): 610/617 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [86]
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Karpūravijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1704 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1647]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1664]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1718]
Saubhāgyaharṣa sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Vijayakesara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877 — 1930]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1894] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1930]
Devacandra paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1588] . Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1640] . Sarotarā, India

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