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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Keśava yugapradhāna, ṛṣiśrāddha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Rūpa ṛṣi gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1511]
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Megha ṛṣi gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Amara Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Raṇamalla buddhimāna muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Saravā ṛṣi, munīndra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Durgadāsa ṛṣi, suddhi gaṇin (gaṇin), muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Megharāja buddhimāna muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Arjuna muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Sujāna paṇḍita, jīvatāraka sthavira (sthavira) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka
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]
Karpūra risinda Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Triparū viṇṇayalīṇa muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Malūkacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Prahlāda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Amara Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Supharacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Siṃgharāja Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Sūrati ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Sundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Malla gaṇivara gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1606 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1549]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1666Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1594 — 1609]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1609]
Lālā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Bālacandra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Keśava gacchamukuṭamāṇikyādhipa gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Labdha muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rūpasiṃha gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Govāla ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Prema ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha

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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.