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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Devakuṃvara sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1904] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1918] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Ratana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1883] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  4. Death (nirvāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1946 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1890] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Bhāṇa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1919] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Pārvatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Second Vaiśākha (dvitīya vaiśākha) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915]
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1921]
Ladhī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916]
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1945]

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