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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Udayakamalā gaṇinī (gaṇinī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Jaina
Abhayasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Lakṣmīvṛddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547]
Lakṣmīsundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Ratnaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1300 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1243]
Vīramatī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Jaina
Caraṇamatī gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1234 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1177] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Maṃgalamatī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1263 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1206] . Lavaṇakheḍā, India
Bhuvanaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1275 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218] . Jābālipura, India
Śīlamālā sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1279 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1222] . Jālora / Jālaura, Rājasthāna, India
Kamalaśrī gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1281 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1224]
Kalyāṇaṛddhi gaṇinī gaṇinī (gaṇinī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Kevalaprabhā gaṇinī gaṇinī (gaṇinī), sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1331 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1274]
Puṇyasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Mānasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Premasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1671 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1614]
Bhāgasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Ratnamanjarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1342 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1285] . Jābālipura, India
Hemasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Prabuddhasamṛddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
Rājasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amara gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Viśālaśobhā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Puṇyaśobhā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Rājalakṣmī pravartinī (pravartinī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Mativallari gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Cūlā mahattarā, gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Āṇandaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Jinasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Lalitasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Tilakaprabhā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Demati gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Śivacūlā gaṇinī (gaṇinī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Sādhulabdhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Vinayalakśmī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Mahimā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Jaina

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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.