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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ratnaśekhara mithyāndhakāra-nabhomaṇi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1372 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1316]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1390-1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1353]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1385 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1328]
Lalitakīrti Jaina monk Digambara
Dhanaharṣa paṇḍita Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Harṣasiṃgha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Jinaharṣa gaṇabhṛt, pūjya, gaccheśa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Vālevāgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Āūgrāma
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Maṇḍovara, Madhya pradeśa, India
Keśava ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Lauṃkāgaccha
Rāmacandra Mula Tāmbe Householder male
Vijayamuni Jaina monk Jaina
Rājalābha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1721 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1721Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1664 — 1664]
Pratāpavijaya Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1706]
Ratnaharṣa vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Ratnasāra vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
Keśavarāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayagaccha
Tārācanda Jaina monk
Amaravijaya paṇḍita
Gāndhi, Kumara
Puṇyanandana paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Dharmaghoṣa sūri ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
Devendra sūri ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1327 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1270] . Unknown / Mālava
Jayaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kṛṣṇagaccha, Tapāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1508Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1435 — 1452]
Unknown
Bhaktivijaya
Unknown
Rājasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Bhāgasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Kamalacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kṛṣṇagaccha, Tapāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753]
Unknown
Josī, kṛṣṇa
Jayamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
Rājakīrti Rāmasenānvaya
Vidyābhūṣaṇa Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Somanandana sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1715 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1658] . Rājasthāna, Bīlāḍā / Rājasthāna, Bīlāḍā, India
Matiratna vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1701 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1724Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1645 — 1668]
Gajaratna sādhu (sādhu), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1771 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1714] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Udayaprabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1603 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1546]
Indravijaya Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1693 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1636]
Guṇaharṣa gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Dharmacandra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Sahamalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Prītasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Vijayasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1762 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1706]
Meghasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Satyābdhi muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Hema sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1691 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1635]
Velā muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1566]
Vraja
Unknown
Bhāvaharṣa paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1641]
Unknown
Vraja Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1869]
Lāvaṇyakuśala sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Kīrtiratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1843 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1786] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Vajī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1842 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1786]
Unknown Jaina
Ratnasī Śrīpāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Jayasoma muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Amṛtavinaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinabhadrasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1879 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1822] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Unknown Jaina
Devacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1776 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1719]
Unknown Jaina
Nātha Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1662]
Lakṣmīka Jaina layperson male Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Varajalāla Veṇīdāsa Jaina layperson male Jaina
Unknown(1) Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown(2) Unknown
Hīraratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Phata Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1832]
Unknown
Varajalāla Householder
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Dharmaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Jīvavijaya paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina
Meghavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Lābhavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Māṇika Nāthā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1798 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1741]
Unknown muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Kanakacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Vīra
Puṇyasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Meghavimala paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina
Vijayasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Prītavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1809 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1753]
Praśautamavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhāgyaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Vijayodayacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Amṛtasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Pramodasāgara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha (Bṛhatkharataragaccha)

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