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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Śānti vādivetāla, kavīndra, vādicakrin sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Thārāpadragaccha, Khaṇḍillagaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Bṛhadgaccha, Thārāpadragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Unnatāyu, India / Uṇa, Banāsakānṭhā, Rādhanapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1040] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1039] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Vardhamāna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1088 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1032]
Buddhisāgara Jaina monk Candragaccha
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1016] . Dhārā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1077 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1021]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1135Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1015 — 1078]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1135 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1078] . Kappaḍavaṇija, Gurjaradeśa / Kapaḍavaṃja, Gujarāta, India
Pradyumna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [863]
Jagaccandra hirā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caitragaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1285 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1295/1296Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1228 — 1239]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1295/1296 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1239]
Bhuvanacandra kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caitragaccha, Bhartṛpurīyagaccha, Caitragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1265 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1208]
Devabhadra gaṇin (gaṇin), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caitragaccha, Caitragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Devasena gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1110 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1053]
Pṛthvīcandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1130 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1073]
Dhaneśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Caitragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1245 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1188]
Muniratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Caitragaccha

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