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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Munisundara kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381]
  2. Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
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
Nemicandra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1169Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1072 — 1112]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1112]
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]
Āśāditya
Hemahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1514 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1457]
Jñānasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1405 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1348]
  2. Birth (janma): 1404 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1347]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1405 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1460Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1348 — 1403]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1460 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1403]
Droṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1063]
Jayacandra kṛṣṇasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, bhāratī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1502 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1505Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1445 — 1448]
Jayanidhāna muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jaina, Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1589]
Jayasāgara śāstrakṛt mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jinarājasūriśākhā, Kharataragaccha
Padmaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha
Jinakīrti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437]
Nemisundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720-1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1678]
Sumati sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
Dayāsāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1557Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455 — 1501]
Amarasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1478 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1421]
Ojhā, Rudra
Unknown
Unknown
Vairāgyasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1724Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1661 — 1668]
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Lālavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Karmanandana muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
Sakhīdāsa Householder male
Ratnasaṃyama muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
Rūpāī Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Vānūṃ Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Pūrī Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Rājalakṣmī Jaina nun
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown Householder male
Unknown
Unknown
Devaratna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Vināyaka, Trivedi Householder male
Unknown
Gajasāra upādhyāya (upādhyāya)
Sāha, Kānhā Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Rājavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin)
Kalyāṇacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Sumatiśekhara muni (muni) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
Mahimarāja gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Vāchā paṇḍita
Vaktarāma
Sāha, Rāghava Jaina layperson male Jaina
Unknown
Jayakīrti vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Rāmāka Jaina layperson male
Nyāyasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Vivekakalyāṇa paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Baḍūā
Āṇandaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Unknown
Unknown
Somasundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Dharmaratna sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
Padamā Jaina layperson male
Devā
Unknown
Samayamāṇikya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Sūrasundara bṛhattapanātha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Āṃbā
Unknown
Ḍāhā
Unknown
Līṃbā
Kanakajaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Unknown
Śavasī
Āṃbā
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Vinayakalaśa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Bakāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Jeṭhū Jaina layperson female
Kālū Jaina layperson male Jaina
Kelā mantrī Jaina layperson male
Saṃghavī, Ḍālī Jaina layperson female
Dhārū Jaina layperson female Jaina

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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.