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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (20)
  • Male (puruṣa) (60)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (50)
  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (2)
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• Title

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• Honorific / Epithet all

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• Byname

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• Clan

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• Caste

  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (4)
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  • Śrīmāla (Śrīmāla) (44)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (8)
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• Caste Division

  • Lāḍuā (Lāḍuā) (4)
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• Social Class

  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (59)
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• Family Occupation

  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (80) [x]
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• Family Relationship all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (2)
  • Brother (bhāī) (6)
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  • Daughter (putrī) (5)
  • Daughter in law (snuṣā) (1)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (1)
  • Father (pitā) (24)
  • Father in law (sasura) (1)
  • Grandfather (in general) (1)
  • Husband (pati) (15)
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• Birth Date

  • -550 – -541 (1)
  • 40 – 49 (1)
  • 1920 – 1929 (1)
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• Birth Place

  • Medapāṭa / Dāntā, Mevāḍa, Rājasthāna (1)
  • Rājagṛha (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (21)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (55)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (2)
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• Monastic Position

  • ācārya (ācārya) (2)
  • gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) (1)
  • kevalin (kevalin) (1)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (1)
  • sūri (sūri) (1)
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• Monastic Relationship

  • Male disciple (antevāsin) (1)
  • Male disciple (śiṣya) (1)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (66)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (62)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (6)
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• Sect

  • Candragaccha (1)
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  • Lauṃkāgaccha (2)
  • Tapāgaccha (10)
  • Terāpantha (4)
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• Sect Branch

  • Vṛddhatapāgaccha (9)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Candrakula (1)
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• Institution

  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (25)
  • Government of India (4)
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• Institution Type

  • Government Institution (4)
  • University (25)
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• Role all

  • Author (kartā) (1)
  • Collaborator (sahayogī) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (3)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (4)
  • Contemporary (samakālīna) (1)
  • Donor (dātā) (23)
  • Editor (saṃpādaka) (1)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (2)
  • Female lay disciple (śrāvikā) (1)
  • Honourer (saṃmānadātṛ) (1)
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• Event all

  • Birth (janma) (3)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (2)
  • Donation (dāna) (4)
  • Establishing a entrance hall of a temple (maṇḍapasthāpanā) (1)
  • Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā) (1)
  • Initiation (dīkṣā) (2)
  • Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) (32)
  • Omniscience (kevala) (1)
  • Religious instruction (dharmopadeśa) (1)
  • Residence (nivāsa) (10)
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• Object all

  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (14)
  • Candrakula (Candrakula) (1)
  • Doctrine (dharma) (1)
  • Inscription (śilālekha) (1)
  • Jina image (Ādināthabimba) (1)
  • Jina image (Dharmanāthabimba) (2)
  • Jina image (Nemināthabimba) (1)
  • Jina image (Pārśvanāthabimba) (1)
  • Jina image (Śreyāṃsanāthabimba) (2)
  • Jina image (Sumatināthabimba) (2)
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• Event Place all

  • Azīmagañja / Azīmagañja, Baṅgāla, India (1)
  • Dhandhukapura, Gūrjaradeśa / Dhandhūkā (2)
  • Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India (1)
  • Grehaḍī (1)
  • Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Maṇḍapadurga / Māṇḍavagaḍha (1)
  • Mathurā (1)
  • Medapāṭa / Dāntā, Mevāḍa, Rājasthāna (1)
  • Rājagṛha (1)
  • Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India (1)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1935 (4)
  • Kapadia 1936 (1)
  • Kapadia 1940 (1)
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• Genre

  • Biographical dictionary (1)
  • Canonised text (5)
  • Canonised text with ṭīkā (1)
  • Canonised text with dīpikā (1)
  • Catalogue (17)
  • Compilation (15)
  • History (1)
  • Ṭīkā (1)
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• Language

  • English (16)
  • English & Sanskrit (29)
  • Gujarati (4)
  • Hindi (19)
  • Prakrit (4)
  • Sanskrit (2)
  • Sanskrit & Gujarati (8)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (30)
  • Gujarātī (4)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (29)
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