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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīrā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nācaṇagānva, India / Nācaṇagānva, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Manohara sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1936] . Pādarā, India / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1954] . Pādarā, India / India
Suranjanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1936] . Pādarā, India / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1955]
Pramodaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 2039 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1982] . Bāṛamera / Bāṛamera, Rajasthan, India
Vidyutaprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1963] . Mokalasara, India / Mokalasara, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1973]
Candrakalā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Multāna, Pākistāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1952] . Chāpiheḍā, India / India
Saddāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Rūpaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1897] . Śeraḍī / Śeraḍī, Gujarata, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Rataḍiyā / Rataḍiyā (nānā), Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2032 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1976] . Koṭaḍā / Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Devakuṃvara sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1904] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1919] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Puṇya sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1915 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1858] . Jaisalamera
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Lakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Śiva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Deva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Suvarṇa sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1870] . Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi) / Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi), Mahārāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1946 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1889]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]

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