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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinahaṃsa paṭṭālaṅkāra, gacchādhirāja, Gaṇādhipa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467] . Sevā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1556 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1579Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1499 — 1522]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1525] . Pāṭaṇa
Samaracandra nirgranthacūḍāmaṇi sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1504]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1519]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1504 — 1570]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1569] . Ṣambhā
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1570] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Tejapāla sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1377 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1320]
Premacanda, Raṅga Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1893 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1836]
Varasiṃha śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507] . Pāṭaṇa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1587Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1531]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508 — 1567] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1567] . Stambhanaka / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Ratnavijaya, Khetarsi Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1883]
Vinayacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Śālibhadra sūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṇḍeragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1181 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1124]
Sahajaratna vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1526] . Trambāvatī, Gujarat, Khambhāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1543]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1614Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548 — 1557]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614] . Pāṭaṇa
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Jagajīvana, Pānācanda Unknown

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