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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Munīśvara vādigajāṅkuśa sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1351]
Śānti vādivetāla, kavīndra, vādicakrin sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Thārāpadragaccha, Khaṇḍillagaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Bṛhadgaccha, Thārāpadragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Unnatāyu, India / Uṇa, Banāsakānṭhā, Rādhanapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1040] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1039] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Ānanda vyāghraśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Jinaprabha ghūrṇasarasvatī, pratyakṣasarasvatī sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1326 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1269]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1385 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1328]
Abhayadeva maladhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1142 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Abhayadeva vādisiṃha, vādisūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Amaracandra siṃhaśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Jayaśekhara kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1255 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1198]
Harṣakula paṇḍita, vibudha, śatārthin, paṇḍitaratna, sahasrārthī gaṇin (gaṇin), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526]
Bāṃvī bhaṭa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Jayaśekhara kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350-1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318]
Śāha, Mahamada begaḍo Jaina layperson male Jaina
Sāraṃga Householder male Hindu
Jagaddeva bālakavi Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1252 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1196]
Jaitrasimha Householder male
Karṇadeva Householder male

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