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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (438) [x]
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (293)
  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (2)
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• Title

  • BA (1)
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• Honorific / Epithet

  • bāi (4)
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• Clan all

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  • Bhāvasāra (Bhāvasāra) (2)
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  • Khatarī (Khatarī) (1)
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  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (71)
  • Osavāla (Upakeśa) (1)
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• Caste Division

  • Daśa (Dasa) (8)
  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (1)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (1)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (36)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (5)
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• Social Class

  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (2)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (7)
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• Family Lineage

  • Buddha (buddha) (2)
  • Dośī (Dośī) (2)
  • Sura (Sura) (2)
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• Family Occupation

  • Dyer (rañjaka) (1)
  • Farmer (kisāna) (1)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (1)
  • Merchant (vyāpāri) (1)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (1)
  • Brother (bhāī) (3)
  • Daughter (putrī) (6)
  • Father (pitā) (4)
  • Granddaughter (son's daughter) (potī) (1)
  • Grandfather (in general) (1)
  • Husband (pati) (108)
  • Mother (mātā) (213)
  • Paternal great grandfather (paradādā) (1)
  • Sister (bahina) (2)
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• Religious Status

  • Brahmacāriṇī (brahmacāriṇī) (1)
  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (8)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (347)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (64)
  • Non-Jaina mendicant (2)
  • Unknown (unknown) (1)
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• Monastic Position

  • āryā (āryā) (6)
  • āryikā (āryikā) (2)
  • gaṇinī (gaṇinī) (4)
  • gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) (1)
  • mahattarā (mahattarā) (1)
  • mumukṣu (mumukṣu) (2)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (1)
  • sādhvī (sādhvī) (45)
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• Monastic Relationship

  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (32)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (6)
  • Granddaughter disciple (praśiṣyā) (2)
  • Male teacher (guru) (2)
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• Religion

  • Hindu (6)
  • Jaina (371)
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• Denomination

  • Brāhmaṇa (1)
  • Digambara (6)
  • Śvetāmbara (199)
  • Vaiṣṇava (1)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (86)
  • Kāṣṭhāsaṃgha (2)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (113)
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (8)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (5)
  • Dharmasiṃgha Sampradāya (8)
  • Hara Sampradāya (3)
  • Jīvarāja Sampradāya (9)
  • Kaṭukagaccha (12)
  • Kharataragaccha (17)
  • Lauṃkāgaccha (49)
  • Lava Ṛṣi Sampradāya (4)
  • Nanditaṭagaccha (2)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (9)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (1)
  • Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (2)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (10)
  • Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (8)
  • Daulatarāma Sampradāya (3)
  • Dhannā Sampradāya (5)
  • Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha (15)
  • Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya) (4)
  • Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (7)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa (11)
  • Jayamalagaccha (2)
  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (7)
  • Lālacandra Sampradāya (Hukamīcandra Sampradāya) (3)
  • Raghunātha Sampradāya (3)
  • Rāmasenānvaya (2)
  • Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā (2)
  • Vṛddhatapāgaccha (5)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (2)
  • Jinamāṇikyasūri (1)
  • Mannālāla Sampradāya (Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 2) (1)
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• Institution all

  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (1)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (4)
  • Agaracanda Nāhaṭā Saṃgraha (3)
  • Anantanātha Jaina Mandira, Māṃdavī, Mumbaī (6)
  • Dānasāgara Saṃgraha, Bikānera Bṛhadajñānabhaṇḍāra (2)
  • Ghoghā Bhaṇḍāra (1)
  • Gokuladāsa Nānajī Gāṃdhī, Rājakota (1)
  • Government of India (1)
  • Gulābakumārī Library, Kalkata (1)
  • Jaina Association of India, Mumbai (2)
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• Institution Type

  • Folk Culture Research Institute (1)
  • Government Institution (1)
  • Modern Library (7)
  • Temple (6)
  • Traditional Library (18)
  • research (1)
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• Role all

  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (1)
  • Author (kartā) (3)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (3)
  • Co-celebrator (sahamahotsavamanānevālā) (1)
  • Co-organizer (sahasaṃgaṭhanakartā) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (1)
  • Consecrator of a mahattarā (mahattarāpadakṛt) (1)
  • Conversion (pratibodha) (2)
  • Convertee (parivartita) (1)
  • Converter (dharmaparivartaka) (1)
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• Event all

  • Completing fasting (vratodyāpaṇa) (1)
  • Death (mṛtyu) (1)
  • Death memorial installation (stūpasthāpanā) (1)
  • Establishment of a superintendent deity for a mendicant order (gaccha adhiṣṭhāyikā sthāpita) (1)
  • Festival (utsava) (1)
  • Humiliation (apamānita) (1)
  • Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā) (1)
  • Initiation (dīkṣā) (10)
  • Kidnapping (apaharaṇa) (1)
  • Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) (202)
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• Object all

  • Bhaṭṭārakapada (bhaṭṭārakapada) (1)
  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (2)
  • Doctrine (dharma) (2)
  • Epithet (biruda) (1)
  • Festival (mahotsava) (2)
  • Footprint image (pādukā) (1)
  • Inauguration jubilee (padamahotsava) (2)
  • Initiation ceremony (dīkṣāsamāroha) (2)
  • Instruction (upadeśa) (1)
  • Jina temple (jinālaya) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Bhagūvā, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India (1)
  • Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta (1)
  • Hīlavāḍī / Hīlavāḍī, Uttara Pradeśa, India (1)
  • Khairavā, India / India (1)
  • Meṛatā / Meṛatā, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Nagūrāṁ/Jīṁda (1)
  • Nārangapura Khambhāta, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India (2)
  • Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India (1)
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• Genre all

  • Bālāvabodha (1)
  • Biographical poem (1)
  • Catalogue (437)
  • Historical poem (40)
  • History (23)
  • Hymn of praise (20)
  • Legendary biography (2)
  • Moral poem (18)
  • Poetry (1)
  • Pūjā (1)
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• Language

  • English & Sanskrit (1)
  • Gujarati (437)
  • Hindi (22)
  • Old Gujarati (69)
  • Rajasthani (1)
  • Sanskrit (1)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (23)
  • Gujarātī (438) [x]
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (1)
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