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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Deva vādin, vivādin, sarvajñadeva, sakalavādimukura muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1086]
  2. Birth (janma) Maḍāhṛta, Gujarata, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1152 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1095]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1086 — 1170]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Hemacandra kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088] . Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1229Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088 — 1172]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1229 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1172]
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Vinayamaṇḍana muni (muni), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1648Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534 — 1592]
Siddhā ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Chidreṇīkagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1473] . Dedrāṇā, Gujarat, India / India

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