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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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
Tārācanda Jaina monk
Jayamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435]
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]
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
Dharmacandra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
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
Pramodasāgara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha (Bṛhatkharataragaccha)
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

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