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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ratnaśekhara bālasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1457 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1400]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1516Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1459]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1463 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1406]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1517 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1460]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454]
Jayakīrti gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1433 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1376] . Timarīnagara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1444 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1387]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1481 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1425]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1431 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1500Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1375 — 1443]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Bhāvasāgara munīśvara, gurūttama gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Goyarakṣaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1453] . Narasāṇīgrāma, Māravāḍa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1463]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1570Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1514]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1527]
Jayakesarin gaccheśa, gaccheśvara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404] . Śrīthāmanagara, Pāñcāladeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1418]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444 — 1483]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1542 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1485]
Jinaratna bhaṭṭārakadeva, tapāgaccheśa sūri (sūri), gaccheśa (gaccheśa), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1504 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1519Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1463]
Hemaratna sūri (sūri), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1497 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1518Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1440 — 1462]

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