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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Akalaṅkacandra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
Kīrtivijaya budha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Anantakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 752 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [695]
Somavijaya vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1628]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Vīranāga Jaina layperson male Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1140 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1083]
Devanandin paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Digambara
Padmakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
Vr̥ddhicanda Jaina monk Terāpantha
kutigade Jaina layperson female Āgamagaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1467 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1411] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Vimalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Cainasukha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Terāpantha
Karmāde Jaina layperson female Jaina
Gerīlāla Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1903] . Vāsī / Vāsī, Rājasthāna, India
Pyārā Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1903]
Pūrṇacandra Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1265 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1209]
Jinadevī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1140 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1084]
Jinadeva Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sarvadeva Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1194]
Ṭhākurasiṃha mantrī Jaina layperson male Jaina
Jhabaku Jaina layperson female Jaina
Kelā mantrī Jaina layperson male
Phūlacaṃda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Lāḍāṃ Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Vīra malika Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sahasakaraṇa malika Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Bahora, Karaṇaga Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1467 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1411] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India

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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.