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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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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
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]
Kṣemakīrti muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhaśālika
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]
Sādhuratna paṇḍiteśa, suvihitaśiromaṇi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1456 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1400]
Harṣasoma panḍitacakracuḍāmaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
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]
Pṛthvīcandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1130 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1073]
Govardhana
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Amaravijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā

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