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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Śivadayāla paṇḍita, bahusūtrī Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Rohatāsa / Rohatāsa, Pañjāba, Pakistan
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1876] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1927] . Rāvalapiṇḍī
Kesarīsiṃha Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1917 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1860]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1990 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1933] . Samānā / Samānā, Panjāba, India
Nānakacanda tapasvin Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1913 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1856] . Śīśalā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Jīṁda
Bālakrāma Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Baṛauta / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1911 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1854] . Chīṃṭāvālā / Chīṃṭāvālā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1887] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
Ratanacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Nāī Gāṃva/Udayapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
Kaśīrāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): Monday (somavāra) 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1941 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1903]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1941 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 2002Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884 — 1945] . Ambālā / Ambālā, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1945] . Ambālā / Ambālā, Pañjāba, India
Amarasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1899 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1842]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1898 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]

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