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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Akālajalada Hindu
Akṣayarāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Ajaḍa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Ajātaśatru (Kūṇika) Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-527]
Abhayakumāra Householder male
Keśirāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1657 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1500 — 1600] . Karṇāṭa / Karṇāṭaka, India
Aśoka Householder male
Aśvarāja Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Ajayapāla deva Householder male Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1229 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1232Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1173 — 1176]
Ajayasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Kalyāṇamalla Householder male Hindu
Anantavīrya Householder male
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Jinadāsa Jaina layperson male Digambara
Saddālaputta Householder Ājīvika
Āmakumāra Householder male
Ajayavarman Householder male Śaiva
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144]
Hariścandra deva, mahākumāra Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Naravarman deva Householder male Śaiva
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1190 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Arisiṃha Jaina layperson male Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1293]
Jinadeva sāha Jaina layperson male
Mahāvīra mahāvīra, saṃprāptasiddhisaukhyāmṛtātmā, lokālokadvayādhāra, sthāsnu cariṣṇu, samvidālokaśakti, jagatyacintyamāhātmyapūjātiśaya, tīrthakṛnnāmapuṇyaughamahārhantya tīrthaṃkara (tīrthaṃkara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) -543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-599] . Kuṇḍagrāma
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) -470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-527] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
Jamāli Jaina monk
Lāḍa Khān Householder male Muslim
Ahmad Lodī Householder male Muslim
Śreṇika (Bimbisāra) Householder male Buddhist, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-527] . Magadha
Nemināga Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Meghacandra munipa, traividyayogīśvara Jaina monk Pustakagaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1037 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1115]
Cāmuṇḍa rāya Jaina layperson male Digambara
Rājapāla Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Udayasiṃha ibhya Jaina layperson male Añcalagaccha
Pāla Jaina layperson male
Chāhaḍa Jaina layperson male Digambara
Jayasiṃha deva Householder male
  1. Birth (janma) Pālhaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1199Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1094 — 1143] . Unknown / Gujarāt
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1142]
Arṇorāja jāgīradara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1174]
Bindusāra Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 220 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-307]
Vastupāla Jaina layperson male Nāgendragaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1298 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1241]
Nandiṇīpiyā Householder
Avantivarman Householder male
Ābhaḍa sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1200Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093 — 1143]
Bhoja Householder male
Somadeva
Ālhaṇa deva Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1063]
Kuṃrā Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Someśvara
Irugapa Jaina layperson male Digambara
Bukkaṇa Householder male
Maṅgapa Householder male
Dhanarāja dhimitra Jaina layperson male Digambara
Dedā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
Lakṣmaṇasena Householder male
Dharmasī sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1583]
Dhīndhā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
Ratna Jaina monk Terāpantha
Sonapāla saṃghapati Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Jahāṅgīra pātaśāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1684Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606 — 1627] . Dillī
Jaitrasiṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1270 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1213]
Jaitrasiṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Vāicanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1803]
Jhāñjha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1420 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1363]
Vīlhaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
Vorā, Vīra Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
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]
Tejaḥpāla sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1604]
Huḷḷa rāja Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1080 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1158]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Siddhārtha Jaina layperson male Pārśvanāthāpatyīya, Jaina
Rāmoja vādin Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1128]
Devarāja pratāpanidhi Householder male Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1330-1380 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1433]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1368 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1446]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1373 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1451]
Vanācanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773]
Droṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1130 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1073]
Hariti Householder male
Dhanadeva Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Dūgaṛa, Dhanapati Siṃha rāyabahādura Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
Dūgaṛa, Budha Siṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1681]
  2. Birth (janma): 1839 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1782]
Udayasiṃha deva Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1300 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1243]
Śrīcandra Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1180-1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Dhāndha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1330 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1273]
Nagarāja Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1520-1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478]
Padmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Dūgaṛa, Pratāpa Siṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1930 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1873]
Viṣṇuvardhana Householder male Digambara, Digambara, Vaiṣṇava
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1128]
Jagannātha paṇḍitarāja Householder male Vaiṣṇava
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1650]
Dhanaṃjaya Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
Maganabhāi Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1900 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1843]
Madanapāla Householder male
Mallasiṃha Householder male
Sāṇadevaprasāda śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
Dhanadeva Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [631]
Kuvaracanda, Hīrā Jaina layperson male Jaina
Dolabhāī Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1833]
Svāti sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri)
  1. Birth (janma): 1087 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [560] . Nyagrodhikāgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1107 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [580]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 617 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 727Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [561 — 671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1190/1197 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [666]
Ṛṣabhadāsa Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1657 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1600]
Vāgbhaṭa deva Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1123]
Sāraṅga sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
Gaṅga mahāpradhāna Householder male
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1133]
Tejaḥpāla Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1308 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1251]
Karmasiṃha sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Sarvajña Jaina layperson male
Lakṣmīdeva Householder male
Kumāra Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā

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