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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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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (569)
  • Male (puruṣa) (420)
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• Marital Status

  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (989) [x]
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• Title

  • Ambassador for peace (ambeseḍara fora pīsa) (1)
  • Indirā Gāndhī rāṣṭrīya ekatā puraṣkāra (indirā gāndhī rāṣṭrīya ekatā puraṣkāra) (1)
  • Mahāprajña (mahāprajña) (1)
  • Man of the year (mena ofa dī iyara) (1)
  • Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) (3)
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• Honorific / Epithet all

  • brahmacārin (2)
  • dharma cakravartī (1)
  • gaṇādhipati (1)
  • ghoratapasvī (1)
  • jainayogapunaruddhāraka (1)
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  • kevalin (1)
  • lokamānya maharṣi (1)
  • mahāmuni (1)
  • mahāmunirāja (1)
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• Byname all

  • ahamadābāda (6)
  • ahamadagaṛha (1)
  • amalanera (1)
  • amṛtasara (1)
  • asāḍhā (4)
  • badanīkalāṃ (2)
  • baiṃgalora (6)
  • bambaī (2)
  • barapeṭā roḍa (1)
  • barāra (1)
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• Clan

  • Agnivaiśyāyana (Agnivaiśyāyana) (1)
  • Bāphaṇā (Bāphaṇā) (1)
  • Bhaḍāara (Bhaḍāara) (1)
  • Dūgaṛa (Dūgaṛa) (3)
  • Gaddahiyā (Gaddahiyā) (1)
  • Kāśyapa (Kāśyapa) (1)
  • Kavāḍa (Kavāḍa) (1)
  • Khaṭeṛa (Khaṭeṛa) (1)
  • Kocara (Kocara) (3)
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• Caste

  • Agaravāla (Agaravāla) (3)
  • Khaṇḍelavāla (Khaṇḍelavāla) (1)
  • Khatarī (Khatarī) (1)
  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (25)
  • Osavāla (Ūkeśa) (1)
  • Uruvaṃśa (Uruvaṃśa) (1)
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• Caste Division

  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (2)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (2)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (1)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (22)
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• Family Occupation

  • Cloth merchant (kapaṛā vyāpārī) (1)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (2)
  • Merchant (vyāpāri) (2)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Brother (bhāī) (1)
  • Daughter (putrī) (19)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (3)
  • Elder sister (baṛī bahin) (1)
  • Father (pitā) (84)
  • Granddaughter (daughter's daughter) (nātina) (1)
  • Maternal grandfather (nānā) (1)
  • Mother (mātā) (79)
  • Paternal uncle (cācā) (1)
  • Son (beṭā) (19)
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• Birth Date fewer

  • -550 – -541 (1)
  • -610 – -601 (1)
  • 1740 – 1749 (1)
  • 1800 – 1809 (3)
  • 1810 – 1819 (1)
  • 1830 – 1839 (2)
  • 1850 – 1859 (2)
  • 1860 – 1869 (1)
  • 1870 – 1879 (2)
  • 1880 – 1889 (1)
  • 1890 – 1899 (2)
  • 1900 – 1909 (5)
  • 1910 – 1919 (12)
  • 1920 – 1929 (53)
  • 1930 – 1939 (2)
  • 1940 – 1949 (1)
  • 1950 – 1959 (4)
  • 1960 – 1969 (1)
  • 1970 – 1979 (2)
  • 1980 – 1989 (1)
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• Birth Place all

  • Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (3)
  • Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna (4)
  • Borāvaṛa, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Cāḍavāsa, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Choṭī Khāṭū, Rājasthāna, india (1)
  • Cūrū / Rājasthāna, Bhārata (3)
  • Daulatagaṛha, Rājasthāna, Udayapura, India (1)
  • Devapura / Devapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (1)
  • Dhāmaniyā / Dhāmaniyā, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India (1)
  • Divera, Rājasthāna, Udayapura, India (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (5)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (1)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (4)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (402)
  • Jaina monk (yati) (1)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (562)
  • Samaṇī (samaṇī) (1)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agragaṇya (agragaṇya) (13)
  • agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) (18)
  • anagāra (anagāra) (1)
  • chadmastha (chadmastha) (1)
  • gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) (2)
  • gaṇādhipati (gaṇādhipati) (1)
  • kevalin (kevalin) (2)
  • mukhyamuni (mukhyamuni) (1)
  • mumukṣu (mumukṣu) (1)
  • muni (muni) (4)
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• Monastic Relationship

  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (66)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (7)
  • Greatgrandfather teacher (paradādāguru) (3)
  • Junior fellow disciple of the same guru (choṭā gurubhāī) (2)
  • Male disciple (antevāsin) (2)
  • Male disciple (śiṣya) (30)
  • Male instructor (vidyāguru) (1)
  • Male teacher (guru) (12)
  • Younger sister (choṭī bahina) (1)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (124)
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• Denomination

  • Digambara (8)
  • Śvetāmbara (112)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (111)
  • Kāṣṭhāsaṃgha (7)
  • Mūlasaṃgha (1)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (3)
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (1)
  • Dharmasiṃgha Sampradāya (8)
  • Hara Sampradāya (2)
  • Lauṃkāgaccha (1)
  • Lava Ṛṣi Sampradāya (1)
  • Nandigaṇa (1)
  • Nanditaṭagaccha (7)
  • Sthānakavāsin (1)
  • Tapāgaccha (2)
  • Terāpanth Ṭālukara (1)
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• Sect Branch

  • Balātkāragaṇa (1)
  • Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (8)
  • Daulatarāma Sampradāya (2)
  • Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya) (1)
  • Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (1)
  • Vidyāgaṇa (7)
  • Vijayaśākhā (2)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (8)
  • Lālacandra Sampradāya (1)
  • Lālacandra Sampradāya (Hukamīcandra Sampradāya) (1)
  • Rāmasenānvaya (7)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (1)
  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa (8)
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• Institution

  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (7)
  • Kharataragaccha Upāśraya (1)
  • Loka Saṃskṛti Śodha Saṃsthāna (1)
  • Nāgaurī Loṅkāgaccha Upāśraya (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Folk Culture Research Institute (1)
  • Modern Library (7)
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (1)
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• Role all

  • Attendee (upasthita) (1)
  • Author (kartā) (8)
  • Debater (vivādī) (3)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (1)
  • Female disciple of preceptor (śiṣyā) (1)
  • Female lay disciple (śrāvikā) (1)
  • Heretic (nihnavakṛt) (1)
  • Initiate (dīkṣārthī) (5)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) (4)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (27)
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• Event all

  • Announcement of ācārya position (acārya-pada ghoṣaṇā) (1)
  • Birth (janma) (104)
  • Chief monk (mukhya muni) (1)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (13)
  • Death (mṛtyu) (3)
  • Death (nirvāṇa) (5)
  • Death (svargagamana) (4)
  • Debate (carcā) (1)
  • Debate (śāstrārtha) (1)
  • Dying (maraṇa) (16)
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• Object

  • Conference (Viśvadharmapariṣada) (1)
  • Doctrine (dharma) (1)
  • Initiation ceremony (dīkṣāsamāroha) (3)
  • Jain Pāṭhaśālā (Traditional School) (1)
  • Journal (Patra) (1)
  • Literary work (racanā) (2)
  • Manuscript (hastalekha) (1)
  • Traditional library (bhaṇḍāra) (1)
  • Yugapradhānapada (yugapradhānapada) (2)
  • nihnava (nihnava) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • 72 Jinālaya Kodāya / Koḍāī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (1)
  • Ahamadanagara (1)
  • Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India (1)
  • Amarāvatī, India / Amarāvatī, India (1)
  • Bakkāṇī, Rajasthān, India (1)
  • Balūndā, Rājasthāna, Udayapura, India (1)
  • Bavakāṇī (1)
  • Bemālī, Rājasthāna, Udayapura, India (1)
  • Bengaluru, Karnāṭaka, India (1)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1940 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Biography (1)
  • Catalogue (12)
  • Compilation (1)
  • History (45)
  • Lexicon (1)
  • Life story (1)
  • Monastic chronicle (1)
  • Moral poem (1)
  • Niryukti (1)
  • Philosophy (7)
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• Language

  • English (2)
  • Gujarati (20)
  • Hindi (286)
  • Hindi & English (1)
  • Hindi & Gujarati (2)
  • Prakrit (1)
  • Prākrit & Gujarāti (1)
  • Sanskrit (7)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (34)
  • Gujarātī (12)
  • Gujarātī & Devanāgarī (1)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (1)
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