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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Buddhisāgara Jaina monk Candragaccha
Ṛṣabhadatta
Bhadrabāhu svāmin, aṅgadhārī, aṣṭāṅgamahānimittatattvajña, traikālyadarśī paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaṇin (gaṇin), ācārya (ācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 26 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-31]
Skandila vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, yugapradhāna ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 328 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-199]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221 — -113]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113]
Jagadīśacandra upapravartaka (upapravartaka) Jaina monk
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2056 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1999] . Ḍerā Bassī
Vimala muni Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1924] . Kupa Kalāṁ
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1996Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1940 — 1940] . Syālakoṭa
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2066 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2009]
Skandila vācanācārya ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 246-313 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 344Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [223 — 288]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 344 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [287] . Mathurā
Revā Householder male
Rāmacandra Householder male
Tulasīrāma
Kalyāṇamati mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1060 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1003]
Svāti daśapūrvadhārin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 336 (335) Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
Unknown Jaina layperson male Jaina
Rāvatamala vidvān Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919] . Pulāsara / Pulāsara, Rājasthāna, India
Unknown Householder male
Unknown Householder
Vyāsa, Rādhākṛṣṇa Householder male
Ghaḷasāśī, Vyaṅkaṭācārya Householder male
Rāmakumāra Householder male Brāhmaṇa
Megharatha vācanācārya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 800 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [273]
Rūpasenā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 800 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [273]
Dhīramalla Householder male
Kṣemalade Householder female

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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.