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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bhadragupta daśapūrvin ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99 — 6]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 454-493 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-54]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 449 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-78]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 553 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [26]
Vajra svāmin, daśapūrvin, jātismara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āryavajraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31] . Tumbavanagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 500 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-27]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 504 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-23]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 584Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31 — 57]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57] . Rathāvartagiri
Sūrācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Muktisāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1857 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1800] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1914 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1857]
Jasū ṛṣi Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka
Vivekacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1809 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1753]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1809 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1854Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1753 — 1798]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1764]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1854 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1798] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Bhadrabāhu svāmin, aṅgadhārī, aṣṭāṅgamahānimittatattvajña, traikālyadarśī paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaṇin (gaṇin), ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 26 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-31]
Guptigupta ekāṅgadhārin paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 26-36 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-26]
Dharmadāsa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1716 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1759 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Dhārānagarī, India
Mahākīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Digambara
Candragupta muni (muni) Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Pāṭaliputra
Sarvadeva Jaina layperson male Jaina
Devasiṃha sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1324 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1267]
Labdhicandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1835 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1779]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1835 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1883Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1779 — 1827]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1849 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1793]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1883 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1827] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Hemaprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1944] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1955] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Ratnasindhura sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1703] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Maṃgalaṃānikya vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Viḍālaṃbī śākhā
Dharmakīrti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [111] . Mandosara, Rajasṭhāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 210Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [111 — 154]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [154]
Jayānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kauṭikagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [743]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Sarasvatī āryikā (āryikā) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 453 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 466Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-74 — -61] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Kṛpāsāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Hīrāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1599Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1543]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1543]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1543] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Keśava muni (muni) Jaina monk Rāmcandra Śākhā (Ujjaina Śākhā)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1754 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1698]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1880 to 1901 or 1913 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1082]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1747] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Nyāyatilaka sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kṣemaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1877 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1820] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Tattvatilaka sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1877 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1820] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Lakṣmītilaka sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kṣemaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1877 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1820] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Kamalū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Rājaladesara, Rājasthāna, 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
Guṇacandalāla agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1910] . Pacapadarā, 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
Jayacandalāla sādhu (sādhu), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma) Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (svargagamana) Chāpara / Chāpara, Rājasthāna, India
Jinacandra mahebhya Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1302 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1245]
Naravarman deva Householder male Śaiva
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1190 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Baidamuṃhatā, Māṃgī Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1906]
Baidamuṃhatā, Munnālāla Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1906] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Jhūmaramala sādhu (sādhu), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1903] . Chāpara / Chāpara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1985 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1928] . Chāpara / Chāpara, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (svargagamana): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2014 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1957] . Udāsara, Rājasthāna, India

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