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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vīravijaya paṇḍita, mahārāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1880-1900 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1833]
Somasundara tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1418 — 1453]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Jñānasāra paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860-1880 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1648]
Uttamavijaya muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1703]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1799 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1742]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1796 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1739]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1770]
Uttamavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1868 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1811]
Abhayasundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1761 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1704]
Harṣavallabha sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1605]
Kīrtivijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Pālaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1803]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Phattedharma gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1690]
Jñānavimala prabhu sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Dhanapati Jaina
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Premacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1618]
Māṇikyasundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Bhāvodaya Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1761 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1704] . Śinalīgrāma
Vanavimala Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1633]
Unknown
Kāṃhna ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Karmaṇa ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Jāṇaka ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Kānha muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Dūdā ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Syāṃmāṃ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun
Gāṃgabāi
Sakharavelabāī
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1758 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1702]
Jivavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jayarāja ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Devendravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Unknown
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Unknown
Unknown
Vinecanda ṛṣi Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1900 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1844]
Jīva
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Josī, Manoradāsa
Aṃbālāla Jaina
Premarūci paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1832]
Unknown
Nyāyasaubhāgya paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1873 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1817]
Unknown
Mahānanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Śiśumata
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1809 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1753]
Ṛṣabhadāsa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Rupacanda

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