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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (125)
  • Male (puruṣa) (1,273)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (204)
  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (2)
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• Title

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• Clan all

  • Agnivaiśyāyana (Agnivaiśyāyana) (1)
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  • Kāśavlīāla (Kāśavlīāla) (1)
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• Caste all

  • Agaravāla (Agaravāla) (1)
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  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (8)
  • Dīsāvāla (Dīsāvāla) (4)
  • Gūrjara (Gūrjara) (5)
  • Huṃbaḍa (Huṃbaḍa) (2)
  • Kāyastha (Kāyastha) (3)
  • Khaṇḍelavāla (Khaṇḍelavāla) (27)
  • Moḍha (Moḍha) (8)
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• Caste Division

  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (2)
  • Pāḍalīyā (Pāḍalīyā) (9)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (2)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (8)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (5)
  • Foreigner (Mleccha) (1)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (4)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (26)
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• Family Lineage

  • Cāhumāna (Cāhumāna) (1)
  • Caulukya (Caulukya) (1)
  • Gairikṣita (1)
  • Lodī (Lodī) (1)
  • Paramāra (Paramāra) (1)
  • Rāṭhoṛa (Rāṭhoḍa) (1)
  • Saiyida (Saiyida) (1)
  • Ṣohavāla (Ṣohavāla) (13)
  • Solaṅkī (Solaṅkī) (2)
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• Family Occupation

  • King (rāja) (1)
  • Merchant (ibhya) (1)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (16)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Brother (bhāī) (7)
  • Brother (bhrātā) (2)
  • Brother (sodara) (2)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (1)
  • Daughter (beṭī) (5)
  • Daughter (putrī) (19)
  • Daughter in law (snuṣā) (2)
  • Descendant (vaṃśaja) (2)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (2)
  • Elder brother (gurubhrātṛ) (1)
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• Birth Date all

  • -610 – -601 (1)
  • 1010 – 1019 (1)
  • 1070 – 1079 (1)
  • 1140 – 1149 (1)
  • 1150 – 1159 (1)
  • 1180 – 1189 (1)
  • 1220 – 1229 (1)
  • 1260 – 1269 (1)
  • 1270 – 1279 (1)
  • 1280 – 1289 (1)
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• Birth Place all

  • Bāhaḍameru (1)
  • Barānapura, India (1)
  • Dhārā (1)
  • Dhūndhaka (1)
  • Hamīrapura (1)
  • Indapālasaragrāma (1)
  • Jāmalāgrāma (1)
  • Jāura(Jāvara), Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Kollākagrāma (1)
  • Manoharapura, Kacchadeśa (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Householder (gṛhapati) (6)
  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (1)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (35)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (119)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (260)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (630)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (13)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (1)
  • anagāra (anagāra) (2)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (11)
  • chadmastha (chadmastha) (1)
  • gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) (3)
  • gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) (7)
  • gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara) (3)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (8)
  • gacchapati (gacchapati) (1)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (2)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (2)
  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (1)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (11)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (7)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) (3)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (11)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (satīrthya) (4)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (9)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (2)
  • Grandfather teacher (dādāguru) (6)
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• Religion

  • Hindu (5)
  • Jaina (709)
  • Muslim (4)
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• Denomination

  • Brāhmaṇa (1)
  • Digambara (27)
  • Śvetāmbara (527)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (30)
  • Kāṣthāsaṃgha (1)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Mūlasaṃgha (26)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (492)
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (17)
  • Bhartṛpurīyagaccha (1)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (9)
  • Candragaccha (13)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (1)
  • Drāviḍasaṃgha (1)
  • Kharataragaccha (143)
  • Koṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Lauṃkāgaccha (28)
  • Māthuragaccha (1)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Balātkāragaṇa (25)
  • Begaṛaśākhā (3)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (4)
  • Bhīmapallīyaśākhā (13)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (58)
  • Caitragaccha (5)
  • Candragaccha (2)
  • Candrakula (6)
  • Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā (2)
  • Devasūrigaccha (5)
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• Sect Sub Branch all

  • Ajamerapaṭṭa (1)
  • Candrakula (1)
  • Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (1)
  • Jayamalagaccha (1)
  • Jinabhadrasūriśākhā (2)
  • Jinarājasūriśākhā (1)
  • Kāthakarṇānvaya (Kācakarṇa) (1)
  • Kīrtiratnasūriśākhā (11)
  • Kṣemakīrtiśākhā (5)
  • Kundakundānvaya (1)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Kundakundānvaya (22)
  • Thārāpadragaccha (1)
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• Institution all

  • (Gujarāta) Purātattva Mandira (1)
  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (1)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (32)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (3)
  • Bhuvana (1)
  • Cambridge University Library (1)
  • Gulābakumārī Library, Kalkata (1)
  • Jaina Vidyāśālā, Ahmedābāda (2)
  • Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology (2)
  • Leharūbhāī Vakila Bhaṇḍāra, Sāgara Upāśraya, Pāṭaṇa (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Charity (2)
  • Modern Library (6)
  • Traditional Library (11)
  • University (32)
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• Role all

  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (1)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (7)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (24)
  • Attendee (upasthita) (10)
  • Author (granthakāra) (1)
  • Author (kartā) (187)
  • Buyer (kharīdāra) (2)
  • Buyer (kretā) (1)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (16)
  • Chief of province (mahāmaṇḍaleśvara) (1)
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• Event all

  • Accepting fourth aṇuvrata (caturthavratagrahaṇa) (2)
  • Appointment of a general (daṇḍapatipadaniyukti) (1)
  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (4)
  • Bhaṭṭāraka inauguration (bhaṭṭārakapadasthāpanā) (4)
  • Birth (janma) (57)
  • Ceremony of entrance (praveśotsava) (1)
  • Change of mendicant order (gaṇaparivartana) (1)
  • Conquest (vijaya) (1)
  • Consecration (pratiṣṭhā) (1)
  • Consecration of a footprint (caraṇapratiṣṭhā) (1)
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• Object all

  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Abhayadeva (2)
  • Abolition of pilgrimage tax (tīrthyātrākaranābūda) (1)
  • Ajāputrakathā (Ajāputrakathā) (1)
  • Ajāputrakathā cupai (Ajāputrakathā cupai) (1)
  • Ascetic wandering (vihāra) (1)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyakharataraśākhā (Bhāvaharṣīyakharataraśākhā) (1)
  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (12)
  • Bṛhadkharataragaccha (Bṛhadkharataragaccha) (3)
  • Cell (kulikā) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ahammadanagara / Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ajārī, India (1)
  • Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (3)
  • Akabbarapura / Uttara Pradeśa, India (1)
  • Akavvarāvāda (1)
  • Ambāvatī / Āmera, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Arbuda (2)
  • Asāravā, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India (1)
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• Catalogue all

  • Balbir et al. 2006 (1)
  • Deśāī & Koṭhārī 1978-1997 (1)
  • Gode 1940 (2)
  • Kapadia 1935 (176)
  • Kapadia 1936 (139)
  • Kapadia 1940 (179)
  • Kapadia 1948 (3)
  • Kapadia 1952 (73)
  • Kapadia 1957 (8)
  • Kapadia 1962 (6)
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• Genre all

  • Artha (1)
  • Avacūri (19)
  • Avacūrṇi (8)
  • Bālabodha (2)
  • Bālāvabodha (25)
  • Bhāsa (1)
  • Bhāṣya (3)
  • Biographical poem (1)
  • Canonised text (122)
  • Canonised text with ṭīkā (54)
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• Language all

  • Apabhraṃśa (2)
  • Bhāṣā (6)
  • English (1,398) [x]
  • English & Sanskrit (32)
  • Gujarati (295)
  • Gujarati & Prakrit (6)
  • Hindi (9)
  • Old Gujarati (54)
  • Old Gujarātī, Prākṛit, Sanskrit (2)
  • Old Hindi (2)
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• Script

  • Canarese (1)
  • Devanāgarī (504)
  • Gujarātī (217)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (260)
  • Old Devanāgarī (1)
  • Roman (2)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (32)
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