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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Suhastin daśapūrvadhārin ārya (ārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-306]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336 — -236]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 265 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-262]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-236] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 293 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-234]
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]
Samudra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 454Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113 — -73]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 508 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-19]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 454 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-73]
Maṅgu vācanācārya sūri (sūri)
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 454 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 467Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-73 — -60]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 467 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-60]
Sthūlabhadra śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra sūri (sūri), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411] . Pāṭaliputra
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 146 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-381]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411 — -312]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Vaibhāragiri
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 219 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-308]
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]
Nāgārjuna vācanācārya, siddhapuruṣa yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 753 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [226]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 356-434 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [338]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 807 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [280]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 753 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 904Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [226 — 377]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 434 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [377]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 432 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [375]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 904 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [377]
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]
Dūṣya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 975 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [448]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 975 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [448]
Lohitya gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 942 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [415]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 942 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [415]
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]
Nāgahastin vācanācārya, pūrvadhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 150-219 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [127]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 684 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [157]
Hemavanta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 848 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [321]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 848 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [321]
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
Svāti daśapūrvadhārin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 336 (335) Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
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]

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