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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

 

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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinabhadra pūjya, mahāmati gaṇin (gaṇin), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma): 1011 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [484]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 585-645 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [558]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [623]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1025 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [498]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1011 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1115Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [484 — 588]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [593]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1115 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [588]
Merusundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1528 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1471]
Umāsvāti yugapradhāna vācaka (vācaka), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sarasvatīgaccha, Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma) Nyagrodhikāgrāma
  2. Birth (janma) Girinagara / Saurāṣṭra
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 142Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [44 — 85]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 645 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 720Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [588 — 663]
Jayatā Jaina layperson male Jaina
Janārdana
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1528 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1471]
Jinadāsa mahattara, kṣamaka gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [528]
Jinadeva munīśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Khaṇḍillagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1183 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1126]
Premarāja
Paṃcāyaṇa bhāṭa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467]
Yaśodhara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1623 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1566]
Rāmacandra Householder male Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1629 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1573]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565]
Devendra sūri ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1327 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1270] . Unknown / Mālava
Svāti daśapūrvadhārin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 336 (335) Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
Unknown
Unknown
Ṣīmarāja Jaina layperson male
Tejāvīrapāla sāha Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Unknown
Mundhayasāya Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Jayakīrti vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Rāmāka Jaina layperson male
Megharāja vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha

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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.