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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (268)
  • Male (puruṣa) (571)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (36)
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• Title

  • Paṇḍita (Academic Qualification) (paṇḍita) (1)
  • Saṃghapati (saṃghapati) (2)
  • Saṃvarī (saṃvarī) (1)
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  • Śreṣṭhin (śreṣṭhin) (4)
  • Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) (11)
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• Honorific / Epithet all

  • Gaṇādhipa (1)
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  • advaitaguṇakalita (1)
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  • bāladhavalakūrcālasarasvatī (1)
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  • bhaṭṭārakacakravartin (1)
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• Byname all

  • auṣṭrikakharatara (1)
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  • gujarātīgadya nā ādya puraskartā (1)
  • jñātanandana (1)
  • jñātaputra (1)
  • kaṭuka (1)
  • kavi (1)
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• Clan all

  • Bhaṇaśālika (Bhaṇaśālika) (2)
  • Bhāradvāja (Bhāradvāja) (1)
  • Bohittharā (Bohittharā) (3)
  • Cakreśvarī (Cakreśvarī) (2)
  • Camma (Camma) (1)
  • Chājeṛa (Chājahaṛa) (2)
  • Chājeṛa (Chājaiṛa) (1)
  • Copaṛā (Copaṛā) (1)
  • Daśavāṇiyā (Daśavāṇiyā) (1)
  • Durjayakṛṣṇakoṭika (Durjayakṛṣṇakoṭika) (1)
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• Caste all

  • Bagheravāla (Bagheravāla) (1)
  • Cauhāna (Cauhāna) (1)
  • Gallaka (Gallaka) (1)
  • Nāgara (Nāgara) (2)
  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (12)
  • Osavāla (Osavaṃsa) (2)
  • Osavāla (Ūkeśa) (1)
  • Prāgvāṭa (Poravāḍa) (4)
  • Prāgvāṭa (Prāgvāṭa) (6)
  • Sāha (Sāha) (2)
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• Caste Division

  • Nāga (Nāga) (1)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (3)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (1)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (8)
  • Foreigner (Ionian) (Yavana) (7)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (8)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (17)
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• Family Lineage all

  • Cāhumāna (Cāhumāna) (1)
  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (3)
  • Cāvaḍā (Cāvaḍā) (1)
  • Hoyasala (Poyasala) (1)
  • Ikṣvāku (Ikṣvāku) (1)
  • Kalacuri (Kalacuri) (1)
  • Kautsa (Kautsa) (1)
  • Lodī (Lodī) (1)
  • Maurya (Maurya) (1)
  • Mugaha (Mugala) (1)
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• Family Occupation

  • Cloth merchant (kapaṛā vyāpārī) (1)
  • King (rāja) (2)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (1)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Brother (bhāī) (16)
  • Brother (sodara) (1)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (1)
  • Daughter (putrī) (5)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (5)
  • Elder brother (gurubhrātṛ) (3)
  • Elder sister (baṛī bahin) (1)
  • Father (pitā) (83)
  • Father in law (sasura) (1)
  • Father's elder brother's wife (Aunt) (Tāī) (1)
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• Birth Date all

  • -140 – -131 (1)
  • -30 – -21 (1)
  • -40 – -31 (2)
  • -420 – -411 (1)
  • -440 – -431 (1)
  • -50 – -41 (1)
  • -600 – -591 (1)
  • 1010 – 1019 (1)
  • 1070 – 1079 (2)
  • 1080 – 1089 (2)
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• Birth Place all

  • Barānapura, India (1)
  • Dantāṇīgrāma (1)
  • Darbhāvatī, Gujarat, India / Dabhoī, Gujarat, India (1)
  • Dhāṇadhāra / Pālaṇapura, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India (1)
  • Dhārā (1)
  • Dhūndhaka (1)
  • Dūmbāudhī, Pañcāla (1)
  • Indapālasaragrāma (1)
  • Jesalameru (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) (1)
  • Householder (gṛhapati) (6)
  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (1)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (41)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (4)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (47)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (407)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (261)
  • Kṣullikā (kṣullikā) (1)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (1)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (11)
  • gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) (2)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (7)
  • gacchapati (gacchapati) (1)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (1)
  • gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) (6)
  • gaṇeśa (gaṇeśa) (1)
  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (61)
  • gaṇinī (gaṇinī) (5)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (2)
  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (1)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (6)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (10)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (1)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (123)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (1)
  • Grandfather teacher (dādāguru) (3)
  • Grandson disciple (pautraśiṣya) (1)
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• Religion

  • Buddhist (2)
  • Hindu (7)
  • Jaina (700)
  • Muslim (10)
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• Denomination

  • Digambara (23)
  • Pārśvanāthāpatyīya (2)
  • Śaiva (2)
  • Śvetāmbara (554)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (8)
  • Kāṣthāsaṃgha (1)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (1)
  • Mūlasaṃgha (9)
  • Murtipujaka (1)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (545)
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (13)
  • Bījamata (1)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (15)
  • Candragaccha (11)
  • Deśīgaṇa (3)
  • Devasaṃgha (1)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (1)
  • Harṣapurīyagaccha (13)
  • Kaṭukagaccha (1)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (6)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Balātkāragaṇa (5)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (1)
  • Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (2)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (300)
  • Candragaccha (2)
  • Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā (1)
  • Devasūrigaccha (3)
  • Dharmaghoṣagaccha (1)
  • Dvivandanikagaccha (1)
  • Hārilagaccha (2)
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• Sect Sub Branch all

  • Ajarāmara Sampradāya (1)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (1)
  • Candrakula (1)
  • Jinaraṅgasūriśākhā (1)
  • Kāthakarṇānvaya (Kācakarṇa) (1)
  • Kṣemakīrtiśākhā (4)
  • Kutuvapurāśākhā (2)
  • Osavālagaccha (1)
  • Pārśvacandragaccha (1)
  • Ratnākaragaccha (1)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Śrīgṛhasaṃbhoga (1)
  • Thārāpadragaccha (1)
  • Tribhavīyā (1)
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• Institution all

  • (Gujarāta) Purātattva Mandira (1)
  • Agaracanda Nāhaṭā Saṃgraha (1)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (21)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1)
  • Bhuvana (1)
  • Cambridge University Library (1)
  • Government of India (4)
  • Gulābakumārī Library, Kalkata (1)
  • Jaina Vidyāśālā, Ahmedābāda (1)
  • Mahimā Bhakti Jñāna Bhaṇḍāra, Bīkānera (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Charity (1)
  • Government Institution (4)
  • Modern Library (5)
  • Traditional Library (14)
  • University (22)
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• Role fewer

  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (2)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (8)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (31)
  • Attendee (upasthita) (5)
  • Author (granthakāra) (1)
  • Author (kartā) (201)
  • Breaker (ucchedaka) (1)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (17)
  • Chief of province (mahāmaṇḍaleśvara) (2)
  • Childhood friend (bacapana kā dosta) (2)
  • Co-author (sahakartā) (4)
  • Co-celebrator (sahamahotsavamanānevālā) (3)
  • Co-establisher (sahasthāpaka) (1)
  • Co-organizer (sahasaṃgaṭhanakartā) (1)
  • Co-pilgrim (sahatīrthayātrī) (3)
  • Co-scribe (sahapratilekhaka) (1)
  • Co-wanderer (sahavihārī) (2)
  • Collaborator (sahakārī) (6)
  • Collaborator (sahāyaka) (11)
  • Collaborator (sahayogī) (8)
  • Comforter (upaśāmaka) (1)
  • Commentator (ṭīkākāra) (2)
  • Companion (sahacārī) (2)
  • Compiler (saṃkalanakartā) (13)
  • Complainant (phariyādakṛt) (1)
  • Completer (anupūrtikāra) (1)
  • Conquered (parājita) (1)
  • Conqueror (vijayī) (1)
  • Consecrated (2)
  • Consecrator of a bhāvasādhu (bhāvasādhukṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (50)
  • Consecrator of a footprint (caraṇapratiṣṭhākṛt) (2)
  • Consecrator of a gaṇi (gaṇipadakṛt) (2)
  • Consecrator of a mahattarā (mahattarāpadakṛt) (5)
  • Consecrator of a pravartinī (pravartinīpadakṛt) (7)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (13)
  • Consecrator of a sūri (sūripadakṛt) (17)
  • Consecrator of a vācaka (vācakapadakṛt) (4)
  • Consecrator of a vācanācārya (vācanācāryapadakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of an ācārya (ācāryapadakṛt) (17)
  • Consecrator of an upādhyāya (upādhyāyapadakṛt) (9)
  • Contemporary (samakālīna) (839) [x]
  • Conversion (pratibodha) (4)
  • Convertee (parivartita) (2)
  • Converter (dharmaparivartaka) (37)
  • Corrector (saṃśodhaka) (26)
  • Counsellor (salāhakāra) (2)
  • Debater (vivādī) (19)
  • Deceiver (chetaranāra) (1)
  • Dedicated successor (yuvarāja) (2)
  • Dedicatee (samarpaṇa kā pānevālā) (2)
  • Defeated person (parājita) (1)
  • Devotee (bhakta) (2)
  • Dissident (vimata) (6)
  • Donor (dātā) (57)
  • Donor (mocaka) (1)
  • Engraver (mudrākara) (1)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (49)
  • Establisher (sthāpanākartā) (1)
  • Establisher of an image (bimbasthāpaka) (1)
  • Excommunicator (bahiṣkartā) (4)
  • Exorcist (ojhā) (1)
  • Expelled person (bahiṣkṛta) (1)
  • Family priest (purohita) (3)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (4)
  • Female lay disciple (guḍḍī) (1)
  • Female teacher of the doctrine (dharmaguruṇī) (1)
  • Follower (anuyāyī) (4)
  • Friend (mitra) (4)
  • Giver (denevālā) (1)
  • Head of the assembly (pārṣadeśvara) (1)
  • Helper (sahāyatākṛt) (1)
  • Heretic (nihnavakṛt) (1)
  • Honouree (saṃmānita) (4)
  • Honourer (saṃmānadātṛ) (23)
  • Host (yajamāna) (1)
  • Imperial writer (darabāri kavi) (1)
  • Indirect Predecessor (paṭṭepūrvādhikārī) (3)
  • Indirect Successor (paṭṭānukrama) (2)
  • Indirect Successor (paṭṭānvaya) (3)
  • Indirect successor (paṭṭasantāna) (14)
  • Initiate (dīkṣārthī) (2)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) (10)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādāyaka) (3)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (217)
  • Inspirer (ādeśaka) (12)
  • Inspirer (preraka) (15)
  • Inspirer (upadeśaka) (27)
  • Intended reader (paṭhanārthī) (34)
  • Intended receiver of śreyas (śreyaslābhārthī) (1)
  • Inviter (nimantraka) (1)
  • Killed person (hata) (1)
  • King (nṛpati) (10)
  • King (pātasāha) (1)
  • Layman (upāsaka) (2)
  • Leader of the community (saṃghapati) (4)
  • Male disciple of preceptor (śiṣya) (15)
  • Male lay disciple (guḍḍa) (3)
  • Male lay disciple (śravaka) (2)
  • Male teacher (śikṣaka) (1)
  • Male teacher of the arts (kalāguru) (2)
  • Male teacher of the doctrine (dharmopadeśakṛt) (6)
  • Male teacher of the doctrine (śikṣāguru) (7)
  • Manor receiver (nagarapraptakartā) (4)
  • Minister (mantrin) (6)
  • Order of banishment (deśavaṭā ādeśakṛt) (1)
  • Orderer (faramānakṛt) (4)
  • Organizer (saṃgaṭhanakartā) (33)
  • Owner (mālik) (10)
  • Participant (bhāgī) (6)
  • Patronee (āśrayī) (1)
  • Performer of the ujamanā celebration after a religious accomplishment (ujamanāpradātā) (1)
  • Person laying the foundation stone of a temple (ādhāraśilā ḍālanevālā) (1)
  • Pilgrim (tīrthayātrī) (8)
  • Praiser (vandaka) (1)
  • Preceptor (guru) (15)
  • Preceptor of a mendicant disciple (guru) (4)
  • Preceptor of an initiate (dīkṣāguru) (10)
  • Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) (98)
  • Predecessor as saṃghādhipa (saṃghādhipapūrvādhikārī) (1)
  • Prime minister (mahāmātya) (3)
  • Prior yugapradhāna (pūrvayugapradhāna) (6)
  • Procurer of manuscripts (pustakaprāpaka) (1)
  • Receiver (grāhaka) (7)
  • Recipient (malanāra) (3)
  • Reformer (kriyoddhārakṛt) (6)
  • Reopener (Kholanāra) (1)
  • Requester (prārthaka) (22)
  • Restorer (jīrṇoddhārakṛt) (1)
  • Restorer (uddhārakṛt) (8)
  • Revealer (prakaṭikaraṇa) (1)
  • Rival (pratipakṣa) (1)
  • Saluted (vandya) (2)
  • Schismatic (gacchabhedakṛt) (3)
  • Scribe (pratilekhaka) (69)
  • Spiritual patron / protector (niśrayadātā) (1)
  • Spiritual son (dharmaja) (1)
  • Sponsor (prāyojaka) (1)
  • Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya) (5)
  • Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) (10)
  • Successor (uttarādhikārī) (136)
  • Successor as saṃghādhipa (saṃghādhipottarādhikārī) (1)
  • Tax free (1)
  • Victim (pīḍita) (1)
  • Wager of war (yuddhakārī) (2)
  • Worldly patron / protector (saṃrakṣaka) (14)
  • Worshipper (pūjaka) (2)
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• Event all

  • Appointment of a general (daṇḍapatipadaniyukti) (1)
  • Banishment (deśavaṭo) (1)
  • Bestowal of a dress (vastrapratipādana) (1)
  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (5)
  • Bhaṭṭāraka inauguration (bhaṭṭārakapadasthāpanā) (7)
  • Birth (janma) (80)
  • Change in old tradition (sudhāra) (1)
  • Change of mendicant order (gaṇaparivartana) (1)
  • Conquest (vijaya) (1)
  • Consecration (pratiṣṭhā) (1)
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• Object all

  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Abhayadeva (1)
  • Abolition of pilgrimage tax (tīrthyātrākaranābūda) (2)
  • Aṇahillapura (Aṇahillapura) (1)
  • Añcalagaccha (Añcalagaccha) (1)
  • Art (kalā) (2)
  • Ascetic wandering (vihāra) (2)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyakharataraśākhā (Bhāvaharṣīyakharataraśākhā) (2)
  • Bhāvasādhupada/Saṃvarī (Bhāvasādhupada/Saṃvarī) (2)
  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (5)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (4)
  • Akavvarāvāda (1)
  • Amarasara, Rājasthana, India (1)
  • Aṃkevāliyāgāma, India (1)
  • Aṇahilapāṭakanagara / Gujarāta, India (1)
  • Antarīkṣajī, Dakṣiṇadeśa (2)
  • Arbuda (2)
  • Babbara (1)
  • Barahānapura (Burahānapura), India (1)
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• Catalogue all

  • Kapadia 1935 (29)
  • Kapadia 1936 (18)
  • Kapadia 1940 (8)
  • Kapadia 1952 (5)
  • Kapadia 1957 (1)
  • Kapādiā 1967 (7)
  • List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1900–) (1)
  • Pavolini 1908 (1)
  • Schubring 1944 (4)
  • Weber 1888 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Artha (2)
  • Astronomy & Astrology (2)
  • Avacūri (2)
  • Bālabodha (1)
  • Bālāvabodha (12)
  • Bhāṣya (4)
  • Canonised text (19)
  • Canonised text with ṭīkā (9)
  • Canonised text with avacūrṇi (1)
  • Canonised text with bālāvabodha (2)
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• Language all

  • Apabhraṃśa (1)
  • Bhāṣā (7)
  • Canarese (5)
  • English (102)
  • English & Sanskrit (25)
  • Gujarati (283)
  • Gujarati & Marvari (1)
  • Hindi (283)
  • Old Gujarati (40)
  • Old Hindi (1)
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• Script

  • Canarese (1)
  • Devanāgarī (341)
  • Gujarātī (278)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (15)
  • Kannaḍa (1)
  • Old Devanāgarī (4)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (25)
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