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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Susthita ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Kauṭikagaṇa
  1. Birth (janma): 243 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-284] . Kākandī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 274 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-253]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 313 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-214]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 339 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-188] . Kumaragiri
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 313 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-214]
Supratibuddha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 300 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-227]
Āryarakṣita muni (muni), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sārdhapaurṇimīyakamata, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079] . Dantāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1236Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079 — 1179]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1236 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1179]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Nāḍhī Jaina layperson female Añcalagaccha
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]
Dharmasāgara vādin, granthakāra, tārkikacakracūḍāmaṇi, vidvān yati (yati), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1522 — 1596]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
Uttara sthavira Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-277]
Lājavantī (Malāvī) Jaina nun Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
Kṛṣṇacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
Dhanīrāma Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Paṭṭī
Lava ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
Dharmadāsa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1716 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1659]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1759 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1702] . Dhārānagarī, India
Lajjā Jaina nun Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
Śāha, Lakhā Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1563]
Śāha, Lāla Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1563]
Śāntidāsa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556]
Khonā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Jhāṃjhaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka

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