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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (27)
  • Male (puruṣa) (894)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (214)
  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (1)
  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (1)
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• Honorific / Epithet all

  • bhaṭṭārakacakravartin (1)
  • budha (1)
  • jagadguru (1)
  • kālīsarasvatī (1)
  • kharatara (1)
  • mahaṃ (2)
  • mantrī (11)
  • paṇḍita (2)
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  • savāīguru (1)
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• Clan all

  • Bhābhū (Bhābhū) (2)
  • Bhaḍāara (Bhaḍāara) (7)
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  • Khīmaṇavī (Khīmaṇavī) (3)
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• Caste all

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (1)
  • Dīsāvāla (Dīsāvāla) (13)
  • Gūrjara (Gūjara) (9)
  • Gūrjara (Gūrjara) (5)
  • Huṃbaḍa (Huṃbaḍa) (20)
  • Moḍha (Moḍha) (6)
  • Nāgara (Nāgara) (7)
  • Nāhara (Nāhara) (3)
  • Nāṇdecā (Nāṇdecā) (5)
  • Nānīmā (Nānīmā) (2)
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• Caste Division

  • Bhorāṇakīya (Bhorāṇakīya) (2)
  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (7)
  • Mīṭhaḍīyā (Mīṭhaḍīyā) (2)
  • Moḍha (Moḍha) (5)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (2)
  • Śrīśrīmāla (Śrīśrīmāla) (13)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (1)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (8)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (1)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (41)
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• Family Lineage

  • Jaḍiyā (Jaḍiyā) (2)
  • Kuyā (Kuyā) (2)
  • Mahatiyāṇa (2)
  • Maṇḍovarā (Maṇḍovarā) (2)
  • Mantri (Mantri) (4)
  • Muhateyāṇa (Muhateyāṇa) (2)
  • Śrī (Śrī) (4)
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• Family Occupation

  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (4)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (1)
  • Brother (bhāī) (921) [x]
  • Brother (bhrātā) (2)
  • Brother (sodara) (1)
  • Brother in law (sālā) (2)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (2)
  • Daughter (beṭī) (1)
  • Daughter (putrī) (3)
  • Daughter in law (bahū) (4)
  • Daughter in law (pūtravadhū) (3)
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• Birth Date

  • 1280 – 1289 (1)
  • 1300 – 1309 (1)
  • 1540 – 1549 (1)
  • 1580 – 1589 (2)
  • 1830 – 1839 (1)
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• Birth Place

  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Nāradapurī (1)
  • Rohā, Rājasthāna, India (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (26)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (863)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (27)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (3)
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• Monastic Position

  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (2)
  • mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) (1)
  • muni (muni) (7)
  • paṇḍita (paṇḍita) (1)
  • paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) (1)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (2)
  • sādhvī (sādhvī) (2)
  • sūri (sūri) (4)
  • upādhyāya (upādhyāya) (2)
  • vācaka (vācaka) (1)
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• Monastic Relationship

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (1)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (2)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (2)
  • Indirect disciple (santāna) (3)
  • Junior fellow disciple of the same guru (choṭā gurubhāī) (2)
  • Male disciple (śiṣya) (13)
  • Male teacher (guru) (6)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (921)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (921)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (1)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (921) [x]
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (2)
  • Bhāvadāragaccha (5)
  • Brahmāṇagaccha (2)
  • Candragaccha (2)
  • Kharataragaccha (14)
  • Lava Ṛṣi Sampradāya (1)
  • Nāgendragaccha (1)
  • Pārśvacandragaccha (2)
  • Pippalagaccha (1)
  • Sthānakavāsin (1)
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• Sect Branch

  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (7)
  • Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya) (1)
  • Rudrapallīyaśākhā (4)
  • Vijayānandasūrigaccha (1)
  • Vijayaśākhā (4)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Jinabhadrasūriśākhā (2)
  • Uchatavālagaccha (7)
  • Vijayānandasūrigaccha (1)
  • Vṛddhaśālika (1)
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• Institution

  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (784)
  • Government of India (7)
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• Institution Type

  • Government Institution (7)
  • University (784)
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• Role all

  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (3)
  • Author (kartā) (9)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (4)
  • Co-celebrator (sahamahotsavamanānevālā) (1)
  • Co-pilgrim (sahatīrthayātrī) (1)
  • Comforter (upaśāmaka) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (277)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (18)
  • Consecrator of a sūri (sūripadakṛt) (2)
  • Consecrator of an upādhyāya (upādhyāyapadakṛt) (1)
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• Event all

  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (1)
  • Birth (janma) (6)
  • Consecration (pratiṣṭhā) (1)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (6)
  • Death (mṛtyu) (1)
  • Debate (śāstrārtha) (2)
  • Donation (dāna) (7)
  • Establishing a fasting hall (pauṣadhaśālāsthāpanā) (1)
  • Establishing a library (bhaṇḍārasthāpanā) (2)
  • Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā) (1)
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• Object all

  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (344)
  • Death memorial (stūpa) (1)
  • Epithet (biruda) (2)
  • Family bliss / welfare (kuṭumbaśreyārtha) (53)
  • Festival (mahotsava) (2)
  • Image (bimba) (3)
  • Image (pratimā) (4)
  • Image of Vimalanātha with Covīsī (Vimalanātha caturviṃśati biṃba) (1)
  • Images and temples (biṃbaprāsādā) (1)
  • Inauguration jubilee (padamahotsava) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India (1)
  • Devalavāḍa (1)
  • Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India (1)
  • Gujarāta, Śatruñjaya, India / Gujarātā, Śatruñjaya, India (1)
  • Iḍara, Gujarat, India / Iḍara, India (1)
  • Jābālipura, India (1)
  • Kayaravāḍa (Kanakapura), India (1)
  • Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India (1)
  • Lodrapura (1)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1935 (2)
  • Kapadia 1936 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Canonised text with ṭīkā (1)
  • Catalogue (35)
  • Collection of aphorisms (2)
  • Compilation (17)
  • Dīpikā (1)
  • Explanation (1)
  • Historical poem (3)
  • History (6)
  • Hymn of praise (2)
  • Moral poem (2)
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• Language all

  • English (5)
  • English & Sanskrit (791)
  • Gujarati (27)
  • Hindi (22)
  • Hindi & Gujarati (1)
  • Old Gujarati (2)
  • Prakrit & Sanskrit (1)
  • Sanskrit (53)
  • Sanskrit & Gujarati (14)
  • Sanskrit & Hindi (6)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (89)
  • Gujarātī (26)
  • Gujarātī & Devanāgarī (1)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (791)
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