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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Pārśvacandra paṇḍita upādhyāya (upādhyāya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480] . Hamīrapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480 — 1555]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1546 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1489]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Yorapura
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha, Siddhācārya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1560Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1503]
Dharmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1542]
Būṭerāya prabhāvaka gādīpati (gādīpati), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Sikh, Nāgaramala Malūkacanda Ṭola, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1863 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1806] . Daluā / Dulavāṃ, Pañjāba, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1888Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1831 — 1831]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1930 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1873]
Jinaguṇaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vegaḍakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1565 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1508]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1565 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1655Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1508 — 1598]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1598]
Kuśaladhīra upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina, Kharataragaccha
Jayacandra sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1633]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1605] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1643 — 1643]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1643]
Jemala ṛṣi, tapasvin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Jayamalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1765 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1708]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1853Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1773 — 1796]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1787 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1730] . Meḍatā, Rājasthāna, India
Śambhurāma tapasvin, gupta Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Amīnagara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1945 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1888]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Kṛpārāma Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Khācarauṁda / Madhya Pradeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1949 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1892]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Maṇeta, Jamala Jesāvālā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Rāyacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Jayamalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1796 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1739]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1757]
Udayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Tīrthasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Ratnasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Sumatisiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Vivekasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Jayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Mānasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Rājasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1921 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1864] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Tulasīdāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): Monday (somavāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1685]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1706] . Juniyā / India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1830Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1685 — 1773] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1773] . Jodhapura / Jodhapura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Jītamala muni (muni) Jaina monk Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1826 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1769]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1834 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1778]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1826 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1769]
Raṅgasāra muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Unknown Jaina
Ḍālacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1909 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1853]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1923 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1867] . Indora / Indora, Madhya Pradeśa, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1909 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1966Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1853 — 1910] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1966 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1910] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Javāhara yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a)
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875] . Thāndalā, Mālavā, Madhya Pradeśa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1891] . Pañcamahala, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875 — 1943] . Bhīnāsara / Bhīnāsara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1943] . Bhīnāsara / Bhīnāsara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Guṇacandalāla agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1910] . Pacapadarā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Gaṃgāśahara / Gaṃgāśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Jaśakaraṇa agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . sujānagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Birth (janma): 2033 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1976] . Borāvaṛa, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Chāpara / Chāpara, Rājasthāna, India
Gulābāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1978 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1921] . Cūrū / Rājasthāna, Bhārata
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Sohanalāla agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1910] . sujānagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, 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)

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