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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Keśava ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Lauṃkāgaccha
Nagarṣi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Jyeṣthamalla ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Jaina
Karmasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1830]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1904 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1848] . Siddhapura
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1968/1969Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1830 — 1912]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1968/1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1912]
Guṇasāgara upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
Jeśaṅkara, Mūlajī brahmacārin Brahmacārin

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