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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Haribhadra siddhāntakāra, dārśanikavicāraka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Siṃhagiri jātismaraṇajñānavān, sthavira vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Śrīgṛhasaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 547-548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [20]
Śamita sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Brahmadvīpikāśākhā
Indrabhūti kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -551 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-608] . Gobaragrāma, Magadha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-515] . Rājagṛha
Maṇḍita sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Agnibhūti anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Somadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456] . Mathurā
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 525Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456 — 469]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [469]
Śravaṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]

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