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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Bhānucandra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1550]
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Vijayasena kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, savāīguru, savāīhīra, bhaṭṭārakacakravartin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] . Nāradapurī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1615] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Jayasoma gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Kṛṣṇadāsa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1667 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1610]
Akbar-i-Azam Householder male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1557 — 1606] . Dillī
Unknown Jaina
Bīṇīdāśa sāha Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Lābhapura / Lāhaura, Pakistan
Saṃtoṣī Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594] . Lābhapura / Lāhaura, Pakistan
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]

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