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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ajī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1453]
Mahāvīra mahāvīra, saṃprāptasiddhisaukhyāmṛtātmā, lokālokadvayādhāra, sthāsnu cariṣṇu, samvidālokaśakti, jagatyacintyamāhātmyapūjātiśaya, tīrthakṛnnāmapuṇyaughamahārhantya tīrthaṃkara (tīrthaṃkara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) -543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-599] . Kuṇḍagrāma
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) -470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-527] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
Aṇojjā Householder female
Jamāli Jaina monk
Lakṣmī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1190 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Dhanarāja dhimitra Jaina layperson male Digambara
Vorā, Vīra Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
Phūlā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Kṛṣṇādevī Jaina layperson female
Vanācanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773]
Doliccha Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Gulhā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Varmā Householder female
Cellanā devī Householder female
Ceṭaka Householder male
Śobhāga Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1880 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1823]
Javerabhāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1829]
Gelā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Ṣetā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1495 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1439]
Khetalade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1495 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1439]
Lāṃpā mantrī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429]
Yāṃtī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]
Cāmpā Jaina layperson male Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]
Narasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1496 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1440]
Macaku Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1496 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1440]
Mālhaṇade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447]
Pūnāde Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429]
Mahīpati Jaina layperson male
Dhārā Jaina layperson male
Vīkarājā Jaina layperson male
Somasiddhi pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Narpāla Jaina layperson male
Singhāde Jaina layperson female
Jayatasī Jaina layperson male
Jugatāde Jaina layperson female
Kālū sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Hīru Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Sahadeva śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429]
Amarasi vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1450]
Śivā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1434]
Dharmā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1468 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1412]
Jesā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1468]
Jasamāde Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1468]
Pāṃcā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1523 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1467]
Lakhā mantrī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Govala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1453]
Rājā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1453]
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]
Jītamala Jaina layperson male
Jetamala Jaina layperson male
Kundana Jaina layperson female
Lālacandra Jaina layperson male
Amolaka
Cimana Jaina layperson male
Candanabālā Jaina layperson female
Gendāmala Jaina layperson male
Vāḍīlāla Jaina layperson male
Icchā Jaina layperson female
Tārācanda Jaina layperson male
Gumānamala Jaina layperson male
Jñānacanda Jaina layperson male
Pārasamala Jaina layperson male
Ratnamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Ratnāī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
Kālā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
Māṇika Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1534 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1478]
Kāntā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1534 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1478]
Divā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1453]
Kālhī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1453]
Mādhava vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1527 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1471]
Joūka Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1527 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1471]
Sūrajamala Jaina layperson male
Kanhaiyālāla Jaina layperson male
Lādurāma Jaina layperson male
Ghūḍī Jaina layperson female
Jamunādāsa Jaina layperson male
Sonā Jaina layperson female
Phatelāla Jaina layperson male
Tulachī Jaina layperson female
Jamunālālā Jaina layperson male
Sugana
Miśrīmala Jaina layperson male
Vṛaddhicanda Jaina layperson male
Ghīsā Jaina layperson female
Rāvatamala Jaina layperson male
Jīyo Jaina layperson female
Motīlāla Jaina layperson male
Lakṣmī Jaina layperson female
Motīlāla Jaina layperson male
Campā Jaina layperson female
Mannālāla Jaina layperson male
Bālacandra Jaina layperson male
Megharāja Jaina layperson male
Nāīā mantrī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Motīlāla Jaina layperson male
Dhanīrāma Jaina layperson male
Tejā śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Jīvaṇi Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Harśū Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1469]
Yogīdāsa Jaina layperson male

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