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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Jinamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1480-1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Māṇikyaśekhara sūrīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Haribhadra siddhāntakāra, dārśanikavicāraka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Vijayānanda tapāgacchanāyaka muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Rohā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585 — 1655]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1655] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
Bhāvavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1708 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1651]
Vinayavijaya mahopādhyāya gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670-1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1647]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1681]
Jinaprabha ghūrṇasarasvatī, pratyakṣasarasvatī sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1326 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1269]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1385 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1328]
Hemavimala paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Āmradeva upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
Śrītilaka ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1296 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1239]
Malayagiri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
Jayavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Vinayacandra upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280-1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1258]
Saṃghadāsa kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 757 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [700]
Kṣemakīrti muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhaśālika
Udayasāgara Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576]
Udayākara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Karṇa deva
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1150Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1064 — 1094]
Jinabhakti sūri (sūri), muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713] . Indapālasaragrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713 — 1747]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1747] . Māṇḍavī, Gujarat, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Laksmīvallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1545 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1488]
Kanakacandra vācanācārya Jaina monk Jaina
Sādhuratna paṇḍiteśa, suvihitaśiromaṇi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1400]
Guṇanidhāna gaccheśvara, vidhipakṣapa sūri (sūri), gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1492]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1600Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530 — 1544]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1545]
Harṣasoma panḍitacakracuḍāmaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Ratnanidhāna upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
Jinadāsa mahattara, kṣamaka gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [528]
Nandalāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): VS 1785 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1728]
Jinabhadra munīndra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1204, 1218 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1154]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1123]
Brahmamuni sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1590]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1590]
Śāntisāgara gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
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]
Tejacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
Pṛthvīcandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1130 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1073]
Śrīcandra dvija gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
Vinītasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
Molha Jaina
Ojhā, Rudra
Jośī, Vāgha
Ratnasāra gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kṣemakīrtiśākhā
Nemisundara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Unknown
Vijayapāla Jaina layperson male
Gopā Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Salakhaṇa Jaina layperson male
Amarakīrti gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Unknown
Unknown
Kumarasīha Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Mundhayasāya Jaina layperson male
Pocā Householder male
Bhupativijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Vaṇājhā
Gadā
Māṇakacandra ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Govardhana
Rava ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Bhikhū sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Jayavijaya munīśrī muni (muni) Jaina monk
Nemacanda Jaina
Vibudhasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Bhojasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Yaśasvatsāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Vimaladāsa Jaina layperson male
Jayasoma mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk
Unknown
Unknown
Gulābavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown Jaina monk
Unknown
Unknown
Dānavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown
Unknown
Kāntivijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Unknown
Dhanabāi Jaina layperson female
Lakṣmīcandra vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Unknown Jaina monk
Jayamalla Householder male
Unknown
Vivekavimala paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Unknown
Unknown
Rājaśekhara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Dharmakalaśa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Kṣetrasiṃha
Jaivanta ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Mohana muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Devatilaka muni (muni) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
Udayameru muni (muni) Jaina monk Candrakula
Vivekavimala muni (muni) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
Unknown
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