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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Sādhukīrti vādīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Jinabhadrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Śubhacandra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūlasaṃgha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1613Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544 — 1557]
Āśādhara Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Birth (janma) Maṇḍalakara
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1300Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1193 — 1243]
Devaprabha maladhārin, prabhu sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1275 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218]
Śrīcandra maladhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
Hemavijaya kavikuñjara gaṇin (gaṇin), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Lakṣmībhadrīyāśākhā, Vijayaśākhā
Arisiṃha
Vallabha paṇḍita, vādin gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1661, 1667 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1607]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1757 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1700]
Śīlaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1434]
Jayatilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Cāritrasundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1367 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1310]
Unknown
Vidyānanda svāmin, vādin Jaina monk Akalaṅkaśaśadharakula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1468]
Amaracandra paṇḍita yati (yati), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vāyaḍagaccha
Ratnākara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Ratnākaragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1293]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1384 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1328]
Nemicandra siddhāntin, kavirājakuñjara muni (muni) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 919 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [997]
Merutuṅga gaccheśa sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1403 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1346] . Nāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1361]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1471 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1414]
Jayasamudra kavīndramukhya
Jayaśekhara kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1255 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1198]
Guṇaśīla gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Sūrācārya Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1090 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1033]
Dhanaṃjaya Digambara
Somaprabha bṛhadgacchamaṇḍana, śatārthin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1270 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1213]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1284 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1228] . Aṃkevāliyāgāma, India
Mahāsena ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Śrīcandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1232 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1175]
Jayamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
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]
Ajitadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1629Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554 — 1573]
Karamāī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Vālhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Lālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Vidhyālakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Unknown Añcalagaccha
Khimarāja
Kuśalavinaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Manmathasimha Jaina
Vinayasamudra muni (muni) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Puranamala
Bhaṭa, Viśrāma
Jagannātha paṇḍitarāja Householder male Vaiṣṇava
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1650]

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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.