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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Vāsaṇa sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Santoṣī sāha Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
Svarūpa Jaina layperson female Jaina
Akhaī sāha Jaina layperson male
Tārā sāha Jaina layperson male
Sūra Brāhmaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593]
Ānanda Jaina layperson female

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.