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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayasiṃha muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1597]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587 — 1652]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] . Navīnapura (Navāpurā), Gujarat, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
Māṇikyaśekhara sūrīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Gajasāra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Labdhisāgara kṛṣṇasarasvatī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1500]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1565Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1508]
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Vīrabhadra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Gaṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina
Devarddhi vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1006Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453 — 479]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1006 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [479]
Vinītasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
Mahīsāgara paṇḍita, munivara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1569 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1512]
Ṛṣabha sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Jinavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Nihālacanda ṛṣi Jaina monk Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Bhāramalla muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1563]
Nāndā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Bhojā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Popā
Khīmā Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Phūlāṃ Jaina layperson female Vijayaśākhā
Saṃgrāma Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Nayasiṃgha paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Sonā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāndū Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Gorī Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Śrīnātha
Tattvakuśala paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Tulasīrāma
Mahipati Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cauthā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Guṇasāra paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāritravallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Unknown
Sahajabai Jaina layperson female
Dhanabai āryā Jaina layperson female
Sekhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Rekkhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Āmbā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Śrīvanta sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Īsara Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Khetasī Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Vasnā sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Municandra sūrīśvara, bhaṭṭārakadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Kovarajāya sāha Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Jayavallabha vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk
Lalitasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
Śivanidhāna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Ṭhākura sāha Jaina layperson male
Śrīpati ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Bhāṃlabdhi upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk
Narasaṃgha
Lāla paṇḍita
Jayamalla Householder male
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male
Pāsavīra Jaina layperson male
Mundhayasāya Jaina layperson male
Pocā Householder male
Bhupativijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Jayavijaya munīśrī muni (muni) Jaina monk
Nemacanda Jaina
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Unknown
Unknown
Karamasī Jaina monk
Hara Jaina monk
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Vairāgyasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1724Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1661 — 1668]
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Sakhīdāsa Householder male
Sumatiśekhara muni (muni) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
Vivekakalyāṇa paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Pūgāṃ puṇyaprabhāvikā Jaina layperson female
Sīvyadāsa Jaina layperson male
Dharmalakṣmi sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1434]
Unknown
Unknown
Paṃḍe Dāsū
Unknown Jaina nun
Lāḍikā ṛṣi ṛṣi (ṛṣi)
Vaṇeyaga ṛṣi ṛṣi (ṛṣi)
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Lāla pārekha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Jūṭhā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Lālabāī suśrāvikā Jaina layperson female
Dharmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
Nāsīra-ud-dīna pātaśāha Householder male Muslim
Jeṭhū Jaina layperson female

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Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

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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.