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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Śivacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Kanakaśekhara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1811 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1754]
Lāvaṇyakamala sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1812 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1755]
Devaraṃga sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinacandrasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1831 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1775] . Paḍiyāla, Madhya pradeśa, India
Māṇikyadharma sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kṣemaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1872 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1815] . Vālūcara / Bālucara (Jiyāgañja), Paścima Baṅgāla, India
Padmaruci sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kṣemaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1881 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1824] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.