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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

 

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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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]
Siddha ṛṣi, vyākhyātṛ sādhu (sādhu), ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [905]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Śrīmālapura / Bhīnamāla, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
Sūravijaya Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Dayātilaka paṇḍita sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1726 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1669] . Uttara Pradeśa, Cirakānā, India / Uttara Pradeśa, Cirakānā, India
Jādava mūlīgara ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Jaina
Maṅgāī āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Jaina
Kapū āryā (āryā) Jaina nun
Pakū Jaina layperson female Jaina
Unknown
Padmasāgara paṇḍita (paṇḍita), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Pāṭaṇī, Javāharalāla
Vardhamāna Upādhyāya Householder
Unknown
Vyāsa, Rādhākṛṣṇa Householder male
Bühler, Georg Householder
Devendrakīrti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)
Ratna muni (muni) Jaina
Akṣayacandra vācaka (vācaka) Jaina
Bhavāṃna ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Ḍūṁgarasiṁha mahārāja Householder male Hindu

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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.