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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Devagupta kavī, śāstrajña, siddhāntapāragāmī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Varasiṃha paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533] . Sādaṛī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1606Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1550]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533 — 1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
Ḍūṃgaramala sādhu (sādhu), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (svargagamana)
Amarasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1719 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1741 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1685]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1719 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1812Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663 — 1756] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1812 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1756] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Mahāprajña lokamānya maharṣi, mahātmā, dharma cakravartī, jainayogapunaruddhāraka sādhu (sādhu), yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma) Ṭamakora / Ṭamakora, Rājasthāna, Śekhāvāṭī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India

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