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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Somasundara tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1418 — 1453]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Ratnasiṃha gacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Ratnākaragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1429 — 1453]
Jinabhakti sūri (sūri), muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713] . Indapālasaragrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713 — 1747]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1804 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1747] . Māṇḍavī, Gujarat, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Hemavimala paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Sakalakīrti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Mūlasaṃgha, Kundakundānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1473]
Jinakīrti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1743]
Sukhakīrti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Bhaṭṭāraka Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1752 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1695]
Devendrakīrti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)

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