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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Siddhacandra śatārthin, khuśaphahama gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1550]
Kumārapāla mahārājādhirāja, paramārhat Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1229Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1143 — 1173]
Municandra gaṇanātha, tārkikaśiromaṇi, bālabrahmacārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Darbhāvatī, Gujarat, India / Dabhoī, Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1121]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1121]
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Hemacandra kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088] . Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1229Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088 — 1172]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1229 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1172]
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]
Hasan pātisāha Householder male Muslim
Munīśvara vādigajāṅkuśa sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1351]
Ānanda vyāghraśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Abhayadeva maladhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1142 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Abhayadeva vādisiṃha, vādisūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Amaracandra siṃhaśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Ānanda rāja Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
Humayun Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1613Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1557] . Dillī
Karṇa deva
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1150Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1064 — 1094]
Unknown
Guṇavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Śāntideva svāmin, śabdacaturmukha Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1038]
Nemicandra saiddhāntikaśiromaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1135-1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Bāṃvī bhaṭa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Megha ṛṣi gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Jayasiṃha deva Householder male
  1. Birth (janma) Pālhaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1199Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1094 — 1143] . Unknown / Gujarāt
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1142]
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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.