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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayasiṃha muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1597]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587 — 1652]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] . Navīnapura (Navāpurā), Gujarat, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
Jinavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1111]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Gajasāra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Labdhisāgara kṛṣṇasarasvatī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1500]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1565Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1508]
Pārśvacandra paṇḍita upādhyāya (upādhyāya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480] . Hamīrapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480 — 1555]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1546 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1489]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Yorapura
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Vīrabhadra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Gaṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina
Gajavijaya paṇḍita, budha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Vīravijaya paṇḍita, mahārāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1701 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1644]
Sumatiruci gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Ṛṣabha sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Jinavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhāramalla muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1563]
Jagā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
Bhāvatilaka
Kānūha Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1563]
Popā
Khīmā Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Phūlāṃ Jaina layperson female Vijayaśākhā
Saṃgrāma Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Nayasiṃgha paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Sonā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāndū Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Gorī Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Dūdā ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Syāṃmāṃ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun
Gāṃgabāi
Sakharavelabāī
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1758 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1702]
Jayarāja ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Śrīnātha
Tattvakuśala paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Tulasīrāma
Mahipati Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cauthā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Guṇasāra paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāritravallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Unknown
Sahajabai Jaina layperson female
Dhanabai āryā Jaina layperson female
Sekhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Rekkhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Āmbā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Śrīvanta sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Īsara Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Khetasī Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Vasnā sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Municandra sūrīśvara, bhaṭṭārakadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Kovarajāya sāha Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Amaravijaya paṇḍita
Gāndhi, Kumara
Ojhā, Rudra
Jayavallabha vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk
Lalitasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
Śivanidhāna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Ṭhākura sāha Jaina layperson male
Śrīpati ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Bhāṃlabdhi upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk
Jayaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Narasaṃgha
Lāla paṇḍita
Unknown ṛṣi ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1686]
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Lāla pārekha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Jūṭhā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Lālabāī suśrāvikā Jaina layperson female
Siṃghā Jaina layperson male
Gāndhi, Lāla Jaina layperson male

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