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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Devarddhi vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1006Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453 — 479]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1006 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [479]
Nandas (first) Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 61 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-466 — -312] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Puñjarāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1469 — 1501] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Vijayānanda mahāmuni, paṇḍitapravara, mahāmunirāja muni (muni), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Birth (janma): 1894 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1837] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  2. Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Kārttika (kārttika) 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835 — 1896]
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Gujarāṃvālā
Triśalā Jaina layperson female Pārśvanāthāpatyīya
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
Jayasiṃha deva Householder male
  1. Birth (janma) Pālhaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1199Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1094 — 1143] . Unknown / Gujarāt
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1142]
Ānaladevī devī Householder female
Kelhaṇadeva Householder
Kalāvatī
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 950 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [423]

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