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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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]
Jinadharma muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1698 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1641]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1698 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1746Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1641 — 1689]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1746 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1689] . Lūṇakaraṇasara, Rājasthana, India
Jinacandra muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1729 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1672]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1681]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1729 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1794Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1672 — 1737]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1794 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1737] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Sohanalāla agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1903] . Rājagaṛha / Rājagaṛha, 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
Jaṃvarīmala agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904] . Choṭī Khāṭū, 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
Sohanalāla sādhu (sādhu), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1914] . Śrīduṃgaragaṛha / Śrīduṃgaragaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1927] . Śrīḍūṃgaragaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (svargagamana): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 2051 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1994] . Lāmboṛī, Rajasthāna, Mevāṛa, 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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