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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1900] . Rājasthāna, Tiṃvarī, India / Rājasthāna, Tiṃvarī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Unknown mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Tārādevī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1684 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1627]
Puṇya sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1915 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1858] . Jaisalamera
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Udhyota sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1918 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1861]
Lakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Śiva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Pratāpa sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1868] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1890]
Deva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Prema sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1954]
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1885] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1955 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1898]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1966] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939]
Unknown sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Upayogaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2016 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1959] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Avicalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]

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