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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]
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
Merutuṅga gaccheśa sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1403 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1346] . Nāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1361]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1471 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1414]
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]
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India

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