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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Cāritravardhana naraveṣavāṇī, sāhityaratnākara vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1468]
Vijayānanda tapāgacchanāyaka muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Rohā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585 — 1655]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1655] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
Kulamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Caitra (caitra) 1455Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352 — 1398]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1399]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1398]
Mahendrasiṃha āgamakālāmukha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163] . Saranagara
  2. Birth (janma): 1228 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1171]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1237 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1180] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1228 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1309Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1171 — 1252]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1309 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1252] . Timirapura
Haribhadra siddhāntakāra, dārśanikavicāraka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Devabhadra muni (muni) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha, Āgamagaccha, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1193]
Vinayavijaya mahopādhyāya gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670-1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1647]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1681]
Jayaratha
Malayagiri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
Vijayatilaka sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1579] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1579 — 1619]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
Harṣavallabha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1605]
Śrīcandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Kanakodaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1635]
Jayacandra kṛṣṇasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, bhāratī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1502 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1505Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1445 — 1448]
Dharma sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Saṃghatilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1370-1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
Śivanidhāna mahopādhyāya upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Caṇḍapāla siddhasārasvata Jaina layperson male Jaina, Jaina
Harṣakīrti sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625-1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Śīlabhadra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1108]
Vīra muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1869 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1812]
Śyāmārya vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Jāvāde Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1635]
Harṣasoma panḍitacakracuḍāmaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Pādalipta ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 58 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1]
Nayānanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1589]
Śrīcandra dvija gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
Dharmadāsa saugatācārya Jaina monk Buddhist
Vinītasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
Ratnākara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Yogīndra deva Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 850 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [928]
Sudhīndra yati (yati) Jaina monk Jaina
Siṃhatilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1346 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1289]
Ratnasundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1433]
Gandhahastin mahātarka Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 798 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [876]
Devatilaka pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
Unknown
Ṭīkamadāsa
Vijayasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1190 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Somadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk
Unknown
Pāsavīra Jaina layperson male
Unknown
Unknown
Darśanasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Tejakuśala muni (muni)
Unknown
Jñāna muni (muni) Jaina monk
Lālavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Karmanandana muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhuapativijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Unknown
Udyotasāgara Jaina layperson male Sāgaraśākhā
Saṃyamamūrti upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina
Dānavimala gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina

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