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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

 

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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vallabhaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1951 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1894] . Lohāvaṭa, India / India
  2. Birth (janma): 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1961] . Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
Candraprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2008 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1951] . Khujanera, India
Agaracanda Jaina layperson male
Śālī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Harṣā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939]
Rājā sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1454]
Unknown Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1505 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1449]
Harśū Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1469]
Somā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.