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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Padmavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1792 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1735]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1858Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1757 — 1801]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1748]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Tārācanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764]
Siṃhadatta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1528Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1456 — 1472]
Jayānanda Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Amararatna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1479]
Somaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Saṃyamaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
Śivakumara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Jasā Gālā raṇaka Jaina layperson male Hindu, Āgamagaccha

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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.