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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Haribhadra siddhāntakāra, dārśanikavicāraka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Siddhasena divākara muni (muni) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
Siṃhagiri jātismaraṇajñānavān, sthavira vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Śrīgṛhasaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 547-548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [20]
Kālaka ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Phalgumitra sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Vṛddha Jaina monk
Saṃghapālita ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Śamita sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Brahmadvīpikāśākhā
Dhanapāla siddhasārasvatakavi Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma) Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1029 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [973] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Yaśobhadra śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 98 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 148Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-429 — -379]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 148 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-379]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 148 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-379]
Tulasīrāma
Naravarma Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [413]
Somadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456] . Mathurā
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 525Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456 — 469]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [469]
Śravaṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
Suprabha Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [763]
Puruṣottama Householder male Brāhmaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514]
Jeśaṅkara Householder male Brāhmaṇa
Mūla Householder male Brāhmaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1569]
Dave, Sura Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1599]
Dave, Aṃbāvīdāsa Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1599]
Sudharman svāmin, kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri), chadmastha (chadmastha), kevalin (kevalin), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-607] . Kollākagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 20Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526 — -507]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 20 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-507]
Śayyambhava śrutakevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma) Rājagṛha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 98Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463 — -429]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 98 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-429]

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