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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

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• Gender

  • Male (puruṣa) (59)
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• Honorific / Epithet all

  • aṣṭāvadhānī (1)
  • bālasarasvatī (1)
  • gacchanāyaka (2)
  • hirā (1)
  • kavīndra (1)
  • kharatara (1)
  • mahābhāgyasūri (1)
  • mahātapā (1)
  • paṇḍita (1)
  • paramaguru (1)
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• Byname

  • hīralā (1)
  • kriyoddhāra (1)
  • mahātapasvī (1)
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• Caste

  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (4)
  • Prāgvāṭa (Poravāḍa) (3)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (1)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (1)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (4)
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• Family Relationship

  • Brother (bhāī) (2)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (1)
  • Father (pitā) (22)
  • Mother (mātā) (20)
  • Paternal grandfather (dādā) (1)
  • Son (beṭā) (2)
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• Birth Date all

  • 1290 – 1299 (1)
  • 1300 – 1309 (1)
  • 1330 – 1339 (1)
  • 1370 – 1379 (1)
  • 1400 – 1409 (2)
  • 1430 – 1439 (1)
  • 1460 – 1469 (1)
  • 1490 – 1499 (3)
  • 1510 – 1519 (1)
  • 1540 – 1549 (1)
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• Birth Place all

  • Barānapura, India (1)
  • Dhāṇadhāra / Pālaṇapura, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Jāmalāgrāma (1)
  • Jāura(Jāvara), Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India (1)
  • Manoharapura, Kacchadeśa (1)
  • Pālhaṇapura (1)
  • Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India (1)
  • Rohā, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Unnatāyu, India / Uṇa, Banāsakānṭhā, Rādhanapura (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (59)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (1)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (3)
  • gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) (2)
  • gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) (3)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (5)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (1)
  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (3)
  • muni (muni) (5)
  • paṇḍita (paṇḍita) (1)
  • paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) (2)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (1)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (5)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (2)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (1)
  • Grandson disciple (praśiṣya) (1)
  • Grandson disciple (śiṣyānuśiṣya) (1)
  • Greatgrandfather teacher (paradādāguru) (3)
  • Indirect disciple (santāna) (6)
  • Junior fellow disciple of the same guru (choṭā gurubhāī) (2)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (59)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (59)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Kauṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (59)
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• Sect

  • Añcalagaccha (1)
  • Āryavajraśākhā (1)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (2)
  • Candragaccha (4)
  • Kharataragaccha (2)
  • Koṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Suvihitapakṣagaccha (1)
  • Tapāgaccha (51)
  • Upakeśagaccha (2)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (1)
  • Caitragaccha (1)
  • Candragaccha (2)
  • Hārilagaccha (1)
  • Kāthakarṇānvaya (1)
  • Khaṇḍillagaccha (1)
  • Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha (21)
  • Thārāpadragaccha (1)
  • Vairaśākhā (1)
  • Vijayaśākhā (3)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Candrakula (1)
  • Kāthakarṇānvaya (Kācakarṇa) (1)
  • Saṃvijñatapāśākhā (1)
  • Thārāpadragaccha (1)
  • Vairīśākhā (1)
  • Vijayānandasūrigaccha (2)
  • Vṛddhatapāgaccha (1)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Thārāpadragaccha (1)
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• Institution

  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (7)
  • Gulābakumārī Library, Kalkata (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Traditional Library (1)
  • University (7)
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• Role fewer

  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (3)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (8)
  • Author (kartā) (20)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (16)
  • Co-celebrator (sahamahotsavamanānevālā) (2)
  • Collaborator (sahayogī) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (abhiṣekakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (12)
  • Consecrator of a mahattarā (mahattarāpadakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (4)
  • Consecrator of a sūri (sūripadakṛt) (59) [x]
  • Consecrator of a vācaka (vācakapadakṛt) (2)
  • Consecrator of a vācanācārya (vācanācāryapadakṛt) (2)
  • Consecrator of an ācārya (ācāryapadakṛt) (10)
  • Consecrator of an upādhyāya (upādhyāyapadakṛt) (6)
  • Contemporary (samakālīna) (17)
  • Conversion (pratibodha) (1)
  • Convertee (parivartita) (1)
  • Converter (dharmaparivartaka) (7)
  • Corrector (saṃśodhaka) (8)
  • Debater (vivādī) (3)
  • Dedicated successor (yuvarāja) (2)
  • Dedicatee (samarpaṇa kā pānevālā) (1)
  • Dissident (vimata) (2)
  • Donor (dātā) (10)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (11)
  • Establisher (sthāpanākartā) (3)
  • Expelled person (bahiṣkṛta) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (3)
  • Follower (anuyāyī) (1)
  • Giver (denevālā) (1)
  • Helper (sahāyatākṛt) (1)
  • Honouree (saṃmānita) (1)
  • Honourer (saṃmānadātṛ) (5)
  • Indirect successor (paṭṭasantāna) (7)
  • Initiate (dīkṣārthī) (1)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) (1)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādāyaka) (2)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (1)
  • Inspirer (ādeśaka) (2)
  • Inspirer (preraka) (1)
  • Inspirer (upadeśaka) (5)
  • Intended reader (paṭhanārthī) (1)
  • Layman (upāsaka) (1)
  • Male disciple of preceptor (śiṣya) (3)
  • Male lay disciple (śravaka) (1)
  • Male teacher of the doctrine (śikṣāguru) (1)
  • One who retired from office (padatyāgī) (1)
  • Orderer (faramānakṛt) (1)
  • Organizer (saṃgaṭhanakartā) (6)
  • Participant (bhāgī) (2)
  • Pilgrim (tīrthayātrī) (3)
  • Preceptor (guru) (1)
  • Preceptor of a mendicant disciple (guru) (1)
  • Preceptor of an initiate (dīkṣāguru) (2)
  • Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) (23)
  • Reformer (kriyoddhārakṛt) (2)
  • Reopener (Kholanāra) (1)
  • Requester (prārthaka) (5)
  • Restorer (uddhārakṛt) (1)
  • Saluted (vandya) (1)
  • Scribe (pratilekhaka) (5)
  • Successor (uttarādhikārī) (33)
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• Event all

  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (2)
  • Bhaṭṭāraka inauguration (bhaṭṭārakapadasthāpanā) (5)
  • Birth (janma) (25)
  • Ceremony of entrance (praveśotsava) (1)
  • Change of mendicant order (gaṇaparivartana) (1)
  • Conversion (pratibodha) (3)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (28)
  • Debate (śāstrārtha) (2)
  • Dispute (vivāda) (1)
  • Establishing a mendicant order (gaṇasthāpanā) (1)
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• Object all

  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (2)
  • Community (saṃgha) (1)
  • Death memorial (stūpa) (1)
  • Disputation (vivāda) (1)
  • Epithet (biruda) (3)
  • Epithet (vādīvetālabiruda) (1)
  • Festival (mahotsava) (10)
  • Fourfold community (caturvidhasaṃgha) (1)
  • Hemaśākhā (Hemaśākhā) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ajāharī, India (1)
  • Akṣayadurga, India (1)
  • Auraṅgabāda / Auraṅgabāda, Mahārāṣṭra, India (2)
  • Barānapura, India (1)
  • Cāmpānera (2)
  • Delavāḍā, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Dhāṇadhāra / Pālaṇapura, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India (1)
  • Dhārānagarī, India (1)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1935 (4)
  • Kapadia 1936 (2)
  • Kapādiā 1967 (2)
  • Weber 1888 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Avacūrṇi (1)
  • Bālāvabodha (2)
  • Canonised text (2)
  • Canonised text with ṭīkā (2)
  • Catalogue (56)
  • Collection of aphorisms (2)
  • Compilation (1)
  • Explanation (1)
  • Explanatory (1)
  • Fictional drama (2)
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• Language all

  • Bhāṣā (1)
  • English (15)
  • English & Sanskrit (7)
  • Gujarati (55)
  • Old Gujarati (3)
  • Prakrit (6)
  • Prakrit & Sanskrit (1)
  • Sanskrit (6)
  • Sanskrit & Gujarati (2)
  • Sanskrit & Hindi (2)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (8)
  • Gujarātī (55)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (1)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (7)
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