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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīraratna tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchādhipati sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1564]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1715Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1564 — 1659]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1577]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1715 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659]
Māghanandin siddhāntadeva gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Pustakagaccha
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Bhāṇaka ṛṣi muni (muni), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1476 — 1484]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Megha ṛṣi gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Saubhāgyaharṣa sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]
Bhāda ṛṣi muni (muni), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483] . Ahamadābāda
Keśava gacchamukuṭamāṇikyādhipa gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Trilokāsiṃha gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa

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