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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Harṣacandra paṇḍita sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1803]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1842 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1786] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Magharāja ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1811]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1852] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1949Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1811 — 1893] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1949 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1893] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Jītamala jayācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha, Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1804]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1869 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1813] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1938Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1804 — 1882] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1882] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1885] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1955 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1898]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1966] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Upayogaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2016 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1959] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Vicakṣaṇaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Amarāvatī, India / Amarāvatī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1924] . Pīpāḍa, India / Pīpāḍa
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2037 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1980] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India

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