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• Gender

  • Male (puruṣa) (2,309)
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• Honorific / Epithet

  • paṇḍita (6)
  • paṇḍitapravara (1)
  • vācanācārya (1)
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• Family Lineage

  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (1)
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• Family Relationship

  • Grandson (son's son) (pautra) (2)
  • Grandson (son's son) (potā) (4)
  • Great grandson (parapotā) (5)
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• Birth Date

  • 1680 – 1689 (1)
  • 1710 – 1719 (1)
  • 1780 – 1789 (1)
  • 1820 – 1829 (1)
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• Birth Place

  • Bāhaḍameru (1)
  • Rājasthāna, Mahājana / Rājasthāna, Mahājana, India (1)
  • Sācora / Sāṃcora, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Siṃdha Utarādhī, Pākistāna (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (1)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (2,292)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (2)
  • Saṃvegī (saṃvegī) (1)
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• Monastic Position all

  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (58)
  • muni (muni) (2)
  • paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) (195)
  • paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) (2)
  • paṇḍita (paṇḍita) (2)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (2,298)
  • sādhvī (sādhvī) (3)
  • upādhyāya (upādhyāya) (18)
  • vācaka (vācaka) (91)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (3)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (3)
  • Granddaughter disciple (pautrīśiṣyā) (4)
  • Grandson disciple (pautraśiṣya) (402)
  • Greatgranddaughter disciple (prapautrīśiṣyā) (5)
  • Greatgrandfather teacher (paradādāguru) (1)
  • Greatgrandson disciple (prapautraśiṣya) (83)
  • Indirect disciple (santāna) (1)
  • Junior fellow disciple of the same guru (laghu gurubhrātṛ) (2)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (2,309)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (2,309)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Mūrtipūjaka (2,309) [x]
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• Sect

  • Añcalagaccha (6)
  • Kharataragaccha (2,193)
  • Tapāgaccha (1)
  • Vṛddhakharataragaccha (108)
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• Sect Branch

  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (186)
  • Jinacandrasūriśākhā (108)
  • Kīrtiśākhā (6)
  • Kṛṣṇagaccha (1)
  • Pippalakharataraśākhā (1)
  • Sāgaraśākhā (1)
  • Saṃvignapakṣa (2)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Jinabhadrasūriśākhā (129)
  • Jinarājasūriśākhā (27)
  • Jinasāgarasūrisākhā (1)
  • Kīrtiratnasūriśākhā (132)
  • Kṣemakīrtiśākhā (130)
  • Kṣemaśākhā (64)
  • Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā (87)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Jinabhaktisūriśākhā (36)
  • Jinalābhaśākhā (34)
  • Jinamāṇikyasūri (4)
  • Jinasukhasūriśākhā (25)
  • Sāgaraśākhā (36)
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• Institution all

  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (5)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (1)
  • Bauddha College (1)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1)
  • Caturavijaya Bhaṇḍāra (1)
  • Jaina Association of India, Mumbai (1)
  • Jinacāritrasūri Saṃgraha, Mumbaī (3)
  • Kheḍā Bhaṇḍāra (L.D. Institute of Indology), Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Mahāvīra Jaina Vidyālaya (1)
  • Maṇilala Bakorabhai Vyāsa Saṃgraha (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Modern Library (5)
  • Private Research Institute (2,309) [x]
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (1)
  • Traditional Library (19)
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• Role all

  • Author (kartā) (6)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (1)
  • Co-author (sahakartā) (1)
  • Co-scribe (sahapratilekhaka) (1)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (2)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (2,277)
  • Intended reader (paṭhanārthī) (3)
  • Scribe (pratilekhaka) (52)
  • Successor (uttarādhikārī) (1)
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• Event

  • Birth (janma) (4)
  • Four months rains retreat (cāturmāsa) (2)
  • Great festival (mahotsava) (1)
  • Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā) (1)
  • Initiation (dīkṣā) (2,279)
  • Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) (33)
  • Manuscript copying (pratilekhana) (47)
  • New initiation (navadīkṣā) (1)
  • Residence (nivāsa) (8)
  • Text composition (racanā) (8)
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• Object

  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (1)
  • Food (bhojana) (1)
  • Literary work (racanā) (7)
  • Manuscript (hastalekha) (53)
  • Manuscripts (pustakoṃ) (2)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahamadābāda (3)
  • Ahammadapura, India / Ahammadapura, India (1)
  • Ajimaganja, West Bengal, India (18)
  • Añjarā / Añjara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (7)
  • Bāhaḍameru (17)
  • Bālottarā (Vālotarā), India (12)
  • Baradābaḍau, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India (1)
  • Bhaṭṭīnagara / Bhaṭanera, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Bhojagaḍha, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (17)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1952 (1)
  • Weber 1888 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Bālāvabodha (2)
  • Catalogue (59)
  • Historical poem (24)
  • History (2,309)
  • Hymn of praise (5)
  • Legendary biography (3)
  • Logic (1)
  • Moral poem (18)
  • Pūjā (2)
  • Saṃdhi (1)
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• Language

  • Gujarati (59)
  • Hindi (2,309)
  • Old Gujarati (40)
  • Sanskrit (1)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (2,309)
  • Gujarātī (59)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (2)
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