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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Lalitakīrti Jaina monk Digambara
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
Amaravijaya paṇḍita
Gāndhi, Kumara
Rājakīrti Rāmasenānvaya
Vidyābhūṣaṇa Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
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 Unknown
Ratnasāgara brahmacārin Rāmasenānvaya
Vimalasena Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Dharmasena Rāmasenānvaya
Viśālakīrti Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Viśvasena Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Śrībhūṣaṇa Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Candrakīrti Bhaṭṭāraka Rāmasenānvaya
Gāndhi, Lāla Jaina layperson male

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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.