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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hemavijaya kavikuñjara gaṇin (gaṇin), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Lakṣmībhadrīyāśākhā, Vijayaśākhā
Sakalacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), gaṇin (gaṇin), muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
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]
Kīrtivijaya budha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Jinarāja cakravartin, kharataragaccheśa, bhagavān muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590 — 1642]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1642]
Rājasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1721 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1664]
Jayacandra sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Jinabhadrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1721 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1664]
Hīrakalaśa muni (muni) Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1746]
Rāyasiṃha maharṣi gacchapati (gacchapati) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Jayanidhāna muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jaina, Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1589]
Jayavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1604]
Jaga ṛṣi, paṇḍita ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1603 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1546]
Dharmadāsa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1716 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1759 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Dhārānagarī, India
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Jemala ṛṣi, tapasvin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Jayamalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1765 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1708]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1853Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1773 — 1796]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1787 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1730] . Meḍatā, Rājasthāna, India
Śrīsāra upādhyāya (upādhyāya), muni (muni) Jaina monk Sārīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Haṃsarāja Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Bhaktivijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
Rāyacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Jayamalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1796 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1739]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1757]
Śāntikuśala muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1723]
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
Prema ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Vīra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Kanakasundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kanakasoma kaliyugakevalī sādhu (sādhu), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Jinabhadrasūriśākhā
Jñānasundara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Ṛṣabhadāsa Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Devavijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Harṣavimala gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vimalaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554]
Lālavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kuṃvara ṛṣi ṛṣi (ṛṣi), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Sudharmagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1677 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1621]
Guṇavijaya vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Jītavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1662]
Vidyācanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown(pupli of Pramosaśīla) sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1557]
Vijayasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Mahimāsāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vimalaśākhā
Unknown Jaina
Prītivimala gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1590]
Sahamalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Vṛddhivijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1590]
Unknown
Uttamacandra paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1744]
Śivacandra paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1744]
Hariścandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1744]
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1616 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1560]
Māhu āryikā (āryikā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1765]
Lakṣmīratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Nārāyaṇa muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Guṇasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Lakshmiratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kanakakīrti muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Akhairāja
Rupacanda Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Unknown
Lālacanda ṛṣi muni (muni)
Unknown Unknown
Dolatavijaya paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk
Unknown Unknown
Cothamala ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Candravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Dharmaratna muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk
Nityavijaya paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Pāṅkhaḍī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1594]
Unknown
Haradāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk Koraṇṭagaccha
Udayasindhu sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Yuktisena paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
Sumativijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Bhīmarāja paṇḍita
Daulatasundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1820]
Cāritrakīrti muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1758 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702]
Unknown
Padmasundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Dvivandanikagaccha
Sāha, Vāla, Mula Unknown
Hīrālāla muni (muni) Sthānakavāsin
Unknown Unknown
Devīcanda ṛṣi Unknown
Unknown
Ānandaghana ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
Khema sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Khuśālacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Ratanacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Jemala ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Kaviyaṇa sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Ācāryapakṣa
Rāyacanda ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Dharamasī sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Jemala ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Ṭhākurasī sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Jayaitādāsa sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Jinaharṣa muni (muni) Jaina monk
Durgadāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk
Khoḍidāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk Sthānakavāsin
Hīra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Hīrā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Sthānakavāsin
Hīrācanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha

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