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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Sūrajakaṃvara Jaina nun
Munipata Jaina monk
Māṇakalāla ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1856]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1872] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1954Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1856 — 1898] . sujānagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1898] . sujānagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
Cāṃdamala Jaina monk
Nīrajakumāra Jaina monk
Phūlakaṃvara Jaina nun
Choṭāṃ Jaina nun
Harakaṃvara Jaina nun
Jarāvāṃ Jaina nun
Bagatū Jaina nun
Nīrajakumāra Jaina monk
Kamalū Jaina nun

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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.