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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Samarasiṃha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1340 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1283]
Śāṇḍilya sthavira sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 399Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151 — -128]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 409 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-118]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128]
Tejapāla II sāha Jaina monk Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1641 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1633] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Yakṣadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 84 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-443]
Kakka vidvān sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1493 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1520Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [368 — 1463]
Vīrabhadra Jaina layperson male Jaina
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]
Jinadāsa sāha Jaina monk Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1611 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1555] . Tharādra / Tharāda, Gujarāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1645 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1588]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1611 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1670Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1555 — 1614]
  4. Death (mṛtyu): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
Hematilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Keśi gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Pradeśī rāja Jaina layperson male Jaina
Maṇibhadra Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Padmanidhāna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1734 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1678]
Pūri Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka

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