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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Kīrtivijaya budha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Tejacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
Vinītasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
Śiva ṛṣinākara, māhāmuni, ṛṣirāya, sukhadāyaka ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1598 — 1676] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1676]
Pāsavīra Jaina layperson male
Hemacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Munivimala gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk
Kalyāṇacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Unknown
Siṃghavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Raṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Harṣasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Rāmavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Mānavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk

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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.