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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ajitadeva sūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1191 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1250Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1134 — 1193]
Bhadreśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153]
Deva vādin, vivādin, sarvajñadeva, sakalavādimukura muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1086]
  2. Birth (janma) Maḍāhṛta, Gujarata, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1152 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1095]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1086 — 1170]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Jinacandra muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1487 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1430] . Jesalameru
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1452 — 1479]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1473]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1016] . Dhārā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1077 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1021]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1135Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1015 — 1078]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1135 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1078] . Kappaḍavaṇija, Gurjaradeśa / Kapaḍavaṃja, Gujarāta, India
Nāhaḍa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 595 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 605Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [68 — 78]
Vīra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 770 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [243]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 793 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [266]
Bhaṇaśālī, Yaśodhana Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200-1240 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
Kumbhā Householder Hindu
Deva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1225Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1094 — 1169]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1225 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1169]
Bhāramala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Māṃḍaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Śāha,Rayaṇuṃ Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1524]
Kelā mantrī Jaina layperson male

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