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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Nayakīrti siddhāntacakravartin Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1099 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1177]
Divākaranandin deva, vratinātha Jaina monk Pustakagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1000 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1078]
Kesarīsiṃha Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1917 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1860]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1990 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1933] . Samānā / Samānā, Panjāba, India
Nānakacanda tapasvin Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1913 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1856] . Śīśalā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Jīṁda
Vṛddhicanda Jaina monk Nāgaramala Malūkacanda Ṭola, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1880] . Bagaḍūṁdā / Madhya Pradeśa, Mevāṛa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1899]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937] . Jīṁda
Motīrāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1878 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1821] . Bahalolapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1901] . Ludhiyānā
Māyārāma mahāprāṇa, saṃyamamūrti, gaṇāvacchedaka muni (muni) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1911 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1854] . Baṛaudā
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1934 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1878] . Paṭiyālā
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912]
Javāharalāla Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1913 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1856] . Baṛaudā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1936 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1879] . Paṭiyālā
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1988 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932] . Mūnaka / Mūnaka, Pañjāba, India
Sohanalāla yugapradhāna ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
Gaṇapatarāya gaṇāvacchedaka (gaṇāvacchedaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Gaṅgārāma Jīvarāja Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1906 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1849] . Pasarūra
  2. Birth (janma): 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1932]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1887]
Lālacanda gaṇāvacchedaka (gaṇāvacchedaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1914 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1857] . Rāmasara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1870] . Nandarāya
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1938] . Syālakoṭa
Śāligrāma Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1867] . Bhaddalabaḍa / Bhaddalabaḍa, Pañjāba, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1946 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1889] . Kharaṛ
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1939] . Ludhiyānā
Sevagrāma tapasvin Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1846] . Biṭhamaṛā/Hariyāṇā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1923 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1866] . Samānā / Samānā, Panjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1876] . Bhadauṛ Laghu
Rāmanātha Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1916 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1859]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Rohataka
Gokulacanda gaṇāvacchedaka (gaṇāvacchedaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Syālakoṭa
Khaṛagacanda Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1904]
Māṅkabbeganti sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Pustakagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1041 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1119]
Śivanātha Haralāla Bhagganakā Householder male Vaiṣṇava
Jayarāmadāsa Jaina monk Hindu, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1863] . Rūpāheṛī/Nābhā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1887] . Māchīvāṛā / Māchīvāṛā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Ludhiyānā
Nāthūlāla bahusūtrī muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma) Palāṇā/Udayapura
  2. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Kharaṛ
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942] . Kharaṛ
Rādhākiśana paṇḍita Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Udayapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905] . Udayapura
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Buḍhalāḍā Maṇḍī
Amīlāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1885] . Nagūrāṁ/Jīṁda
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Paṭiyālā
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1955] . Jīṁda
Rāmalāla Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
Nemacanda tapasvin Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1899] . Rāṭhadhānā/Sonīpata
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1919] . Kāhanī
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 2026 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1969] . Mūnaka / Mūnaka, Pañjāba, India
Madanalāla vyākhayānavācasapati (vyākhayānavācasapati), pradhānamantrī (pradhānamantrī) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1952 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Rājapura/Sonīpata
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1914]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1963] . Jaṁḍiyālā Gurū
Phūlacanda svāmin, saṃyamasūrya upapravartaka (upapravartaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1913] . Milagāṇā/Alavara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1927]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1928]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā) Nāthā kā Nāṅgala/Sīkara / Rājasthāna
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2058 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [2001] . Ratiyā/Fatehābāda
Harīcanda Jaina monk
Jayarāma Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Ghoghaṛiyā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Kaithala
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1997 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1940] . Grāmapura
Jagadīśacandra upapravartaka (upapravartaka) Jaina monk
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2056 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1999] . Ḍerā Bassī
Vimala muni Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1924] . Kupa Kalāṁ
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1996Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1940 — 1940] . Syālakoṭa
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2066 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2009]
Nāgadeva Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1070-1130 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1178]

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