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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (542)
  • Male (puruṣa) (59)
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• Marital Status

  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (602) [x]
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• Honorific / Epithet

  • deva (1)
  • mahattarā (1)
  • pātaśāha (1)
  • ṛṣi (1)
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• Byname all

  • abhora maṃḍī (1)
  • baḍū (1)
  • bakhatagaṛha (1)
  • bambū (1)
  • barāra (4)
  • baṛī pādū (2)
  • baṛodiyā (1)
  • belapāṛā (1)
  • bemālī (1)
  • bhakharī (1)
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• Clan

  • Copaṛā (Copaṛā) (1)
  • Golechā (Golechā) (3)
  • Lūṇīyā (Lūṇīyā) (1)
  • Mehatā (Mehatā) (1)
  • Mūthā (Mūthā) (1)
  • Vaṇika (Vaṇika) (1)
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• Caste

  • Buraḍa (Buraḍa) (1)
  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (6)
  • Osavāla (Ūkeśa) (1)
  • Prāgvāṭa (Poravāla) (1)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (1)
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• Caste Division

  • Daśa (Dasa) (1)
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• Social Class

  • Foreigner (Ionian) (Yavana) (1)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (4)
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• Family Lineage

  • Gulāma (Gulāma) (1)
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• Family Occupation

  • King (rāja) (1)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Brother (bhāī) (2)
  • Brother in law (sālā) (1)
  • Daughter (putrī) (19)
  • Father (pitā) (60)
  • Father in law (sasura) (1)
  • Husband (pati) (37)
  • Mother (mātā) (55)
  • Nice (brother's daughter) (bhatījī) (1)
  • Paternal aunt (phūphī) (1)
  • Sister (bahina) (2)
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• Birth Date all

  • 1720 – 1729 (2)
  • 1800 – 1809 (1)
  • 1850 – 1859 (1)
  • 1860 – 1869 (1)
  • 1870 – 1879 (5)
  • 1880 – 1889 (7)
  • 1890 – 1899 (6)
  • 1900 – 1909 (12)
  • 1910 – 1919 (21)
  • 1920 – 1929 (5)
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• Birth Place all

  • Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India (1)
  • Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (1)
  • Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (2)
  • Bhīnāsara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (1)
  • Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna (1)
  • Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (3)
  • Gaṃgāśahara / Gaṃgāśahara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Gogundā / Gogundā, Rājasthāna, Mevāḍa, India (1)
  • Gundālā / Gundālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (3)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (1)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (5)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (2)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (47)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (540)
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• Monastic Position

  • ācārya (ācārya) (2)
  • agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) (3)
  • mahattarā (mahattarā) (1)
  • pravartinī (pravartinī) (8)
  • ṛṣi (ṛṣi) (1)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (4)
  • sādhvī (sādhvī) (68)
  • sādhvī pramukhā (sādhvī pramukhā) (2)
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• Monastic Relationship

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (43)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (24)
  • Grandmother teacher (dādīguruṇī) (1)
  • Greatgrandfather teacher (paradādāguru) (2)
  • Male disciple (antevāsin) (1)
  • Male disciple (celā) (1)
  • Male disciple (śiṣya) (5)
  • Male teacher (guru) (15)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (80)
  • Muslim (1)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (80)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (56)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (24)
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• Sect

  • Añcalagaccha (7)
  • Dharmasiṃgha Sampradāya (17)
  • Ḍhuṇḍhakamata (1)
  • Jīvarāja Sampradāya (1)
  • Kharataragaccha (15)
  • Lauṃkāgaccha (1)
  • Lava Ṛṣi Sampradāya (1)
  • Terāpantha (37)
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• Sect Branch

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (1)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (15)
  • Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (17)
  • Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya) (1)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (17)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa (17)
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• Institution

  • Government of India (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Government Institution (1)
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• Role all

  • Author (kartā) (2)
  • Consecrator of a pravartinī (pravartinīpadakṛt) (1)
  • Donor (dātā) (1)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (1)
  • Initiate (dīkṣārthī) (1)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) (3)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (15)
  • Inspirer (upadeśaka) (1)
  • Preceptor (guru) (1)
  • Preceptor of an initiate (dīkṣāguru) (17)
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• Event all

  • Birth (janma) (65)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (4)
  • Death (mṛtyu) (14)
  • Death (nirvāṇa) (16)
  • Dying (maraṇa) (7)
  • Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā) (1)
  • Excommunication (gaṇaviccheda) (2)
  • Fast unto death (sallekhanā) (2)
  • Fast unto death (samādhimaraṇa) (5)
  • Fast unto death (saṃthārā) (7)
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• Object

  • Hall for serving food (āyambilaśālā) (1)
  • Image (pratimā) (1)
  • Initiation ceremony (dīkṣāsamāroha) (1)
  • Manuscript (hastalekha) (2)
  • Śvetāmbara Terāpantha (Śvetāmbara Terāpantha) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Akabarābāda (1)
  • Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India (1)
  • Aṅjāra, Gujarat, India / Aṅjāra, Kaccha Kanṭhī (1)
  • Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (8)
  • Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (5)
  • Bhīnāsara / Bhīnāsara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (2)
  • Bhīnāsara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (1)
  • Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna (3)
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• Genre

  • Catalogue (9)
  • History (58)
  • Sajjāya (1)
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• Language

  • English (1)
  • English & Sanskrit (1)
  • Gujarati (25)
  • Hindi (306)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (56)
  • Gujarātī (7)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (1)
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