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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Cāritravardhana naraveṣavāṇī, sāhityaratnākara vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1468]
Jñānavimala gaṇin (gaṇin), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620-1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1588]
Balissaha vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, sthavira sūri (sūri), gaṇācārya (gaṇācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [273]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-198]
Nandila vācanācārya, kṣapaṇa sūri (sūri), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 467 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-60]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 591 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [64]
Sādhusundara gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Kṣemakīrti guru vācanācārya (vācanācārya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Vimalakīrti gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Skandila vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, yugapradhāna ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 328 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-199]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221 — -113]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113]
Jayadeva vācanācārya (vācanācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Rājacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina, Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Govinda āgamajñātā vācanācārya (vācanācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 877 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [350]
Dayāsiṃha vācanācārya (vācanācārya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1723]
Bhānumeru paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Vīrasundara vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Ḍāhaḍāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543]
Śyāmārya vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Dānarāja gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Devarddhi vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1006Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453 — 479]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1006 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [479]
Bhūtadinna vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 864 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [337]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 877-920 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [371]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 882 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [355]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 864 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 983Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [337 — 456]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 983 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [456]
Malliṣeṇa vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1493]
Brahmadvīpa vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1000 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [473]
Skandila vācanācārya ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 246-313 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 344Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [223 — 288]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 344 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [287] . Mathurā
Dayāsāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1557Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455 — 1501]
Vinayakalaśa vācanācārya vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Sāgaracandra vācanācārya vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Begaṛaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Vinayarāja vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk
Vinayasāra vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
Guṇanidhāna sādhu (sādhu), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1674]
Revatinakṣatra vācanācārya vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 640-650 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [118]
Siṇha vācanācārya vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 775 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [248]
Guṇaśekhara gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1621 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1565]
Mahimarāja gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Jayakīrti vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Jinaharṣa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1682 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1626]
Nāgendra vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Lakṣmīkumāra vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha

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