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- Male (puruṣa) (5)
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- Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 results

Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Guṇadeva	sūri	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Death (svargagamana) Kaṭavapra Mountain
Pegurama		sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Death (svargagamana) Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
Māsena	ṛṣi	ṛṣi (ṛṣi)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Death (svargagamana) Kaṭavapra Mountain
Sarvajña	rāgadveṣatamomalavyapagata, śuddhātmasaṃyoddhaka, paramaprabhāvar̥ṣi	bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Bhaṭṭāraka	Digambara	Death (svargagamana): 600-700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [594] . Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
Akṣayakīrti		sādhu (sādhu)		Digambara	Death (svargagamana) Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India

Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

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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.