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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ratnaśekhara mithyāndhakāra-nabhomaṇi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1372 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1316]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1390-1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1353]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1385 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1328]
Ratnasiṃha gacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Ratnākaragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1429 — 1453]
Śīlaguṇa Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Śāṇḍilya sthavira sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 399Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151 — -128]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 409 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-118]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128]
Vajrasena deśanājaladhara gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350-1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1383Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318 — 1326]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1383 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1326]
Yakṣadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 84 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-443]
Ratnaprabha vidyādhara sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pārśvanāthāpatyīya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 52 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 84Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-475 — -443]
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 84 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-443]
Yaśobhadra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candrakula, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1113]
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]
Hematilaka sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1338 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1281]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1412Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1343 — 1356]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1412 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1356]
Vṛddhavādin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kauṭikagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 60 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [3]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 507Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57 — -20]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
Śāha, Mahamada begaḍo Jaina layperson male Jaina
Dinna pūrvadhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 614Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20 — 87]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [31]
Gupta Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 507Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128 — -20]
Karṇasena muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [30]
Jīrṇagaḍha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [30]
Dharmakīrti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [111] . Mandosara, Rajasṭhāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 210Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [111 — 154]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [154]
Surapriya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Brāhmaṇa, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [154]
Vādideva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Siṃhaḍa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1342 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1286]
Dulacīrāya Householder male Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1390 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1334]
Phirojaśāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1407 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1351]
Siddhasiṃha muni (muni) Jaina monk
Keśi gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Pradeśī rāja Jaina layperson male Jaina
Maṇibhadra Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Saccikā
Aṃbavī Unknown Hindu, Jaina
Jasā Gālā raṇaka Jaina layperson male Hindu, Āgamagaccha
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Ālhādana Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Bhāṭī Householder male Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1390 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1334]

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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.