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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Kaḍuā sāha Jaina layperson male Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1495 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1439] . Nāḍalāī, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508]
Ratnapāla sāha Jaina monk Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1559] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1568]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1661Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1559 — 1605]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1605] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Jagamāla ṛṣi, gacchanāyaka paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494] . Nānapurā / Nānāpurā, Gujarāta, Kathiawad, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Vīra sāha Jaina monk Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1532 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475] . Naḍulāīnagara
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1532 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1601Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1476 — 1545]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1601 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545] . Naḍulāīnagara
Vijayadharma prabhāvaka, śāstraviśāradajainācārya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1868] . Mahuvā / Mahuvā, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Birth (janma): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1887]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1978Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867 — 1921]
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1943 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1886] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1922] . Śivapurī / Śivapurī, Madhya Pradeśa, India
Rāmacanda Householder male
Gaddahiyā, Lālā Dharmayaśa Jaina layperson male
Unknown Sthānakavāsin
Saravā ṛṣi, munīndra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Khīmā sāha Jaina monk Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1468]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1571Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1468 — 1515]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1571 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1515]
Candraprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2008 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1951] . Khujanera, India
Agaracanda Jaina layperson male
Candrakalā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Multāna, Pākistāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1952] . Chāpiheḍā, India / India
Śobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1879 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1822]
Muktiśobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1868 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1811] . Deśanoka, India / India
Puṣpaśobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768]
Rūpacanda Jaina layperson male Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Laghu sāha Saṃvarī Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1678 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1622] . Stambhanakapura / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1678 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1748Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1622 — 1692] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1748 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1692] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Thobhaṇa sāha Saṃvarī Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1680/1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1634] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  2. Birth (janma): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1755Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1624 — 1699]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1755Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1623 — 1698]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1755 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1699]
Lādhā sāha Saṃvarī Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1683] . Tharādra / Tharāda, Gujarāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1807Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1683 — 1751]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1807Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1682 — 1750]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1807 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1751]
Hemacandra sāha Saṃvarī Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1718]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1801Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1718 — 1745] . Tharādra / Tharāda, Gujarāta, India
Cāṃpaśī sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Puñjā Jaina layperson female
Tokarasiṃha sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
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