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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (262)
  • Male (puruṣa) (2,496)
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• Marital Status

  • Married (vivāhita) (24)
  • Unmarried (avivāhita) (27)
  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (15)
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• Title

  • Ambassador for peace (ambeseḍara fora pīsa) (1)
  • Indirā Gāndhī rāṣṭrīya ekatā puraṣkāra (indirā gāndhī rāṣṭrīya ekatā puraṣkāra) (1)
  • Mahāprajña (mahāprajña) (1)
  • Man of the year (mena ofa dī iyara) (1)
  • Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) (2)
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• Honorific / Epithet all

  • Vijayamāna (1)
  • adhyātmin (2)
  • advaitaguṇakalita (1)
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  • bhagavān (1)
  • cakravartin (1)
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  • dādojī (1)
  • dharma cakravartī (1)
  • gacchatilaka (1)
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• Byname all

  • auṣṭrikakharatara (1)
  • baṛā mūhā (1)
  • bemālī (1)
  • bīdāsara (1)
  • bīkānera (1)
  • cāḍavāsa (2)
  • chāpara (5)
  • choṭā kelavā (1)
  • choṭī khāṭū (1)
  • cūrū (1)
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• Clan all

  • Baraṛa (Baraṛa) (1)
  • Bhaṇasālī (Bhaṇasālī) (1)
  • Boharā (Boharā) (1)
  • Bohittharā (Bohittharā) (2)
  • Camma (Camma) (1)
  • Chājeṛa (Chājahaṛa) (1)
  • Daśavāṇiyā (Daśavāṇiyā) (1)
  • Dudheḍiyā (Dudheḍiyā) (1)
  • Dūgaṛa (Dūgaṛa) (1)
  • Gaddahiyā (Gaddahiyā) (1)
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• Caste

  • Agaravāla (Agaravāla) (1)
  • Osavāla (Bhāvaṛa) (1)
  • Osavāla (Osavāla) (32)
  • Osavāla (Ūkeśa) (1)
  • Sāha (Sāha) (2)
  • Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī) (3)
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• Caste Division

  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (4)
  • Vṛddhaśakhā (Vṛddhaśakhā) (1)
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• Social Class

  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (29)
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• Family Lineage

  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (1)
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• Family Occupation

  • Cloth merchant (kapaṛā vyāpārī) (3)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (1)
  • Merchant (vyāpāri) (2)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Brother (bhāī) (4)
  • Daughter (putrī) (11)
  • Daughter in law (bahū) (1)
  • Elder brother (baṛā bhāī) (6)
  • Elder brother (gurubhrātṛ) (1)
  • Father (pitā) (77)
  • Father in law (sasura) (3)
  • Father in law (svasura) (1)
  • Grandson (son's son) (pautra) (2)
  • Grandson (son's son) (potā) (4)
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• Birth Date all

  • 1070 – 1079 (2)
  • 1150 – 1159 (1)
  • 1180 – 1189 (1)
  • 1210 – 1219 (1)
  • 1220 – 1229 (2)
  • 1260 – 1269 (1)
  • 1270 – 1279 (1)
  • 1280 – 1289 (1)
  • 1310 – 1319 (1)
  • 1320 – 1329 (1)
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• Birth Place all

  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India (1)
  • Bāhaḍameru (1)
  • Bhīnāsara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna (1)
  • Borāvaṛa, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Cāḍavāsa, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Chāpara / Chāpara, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Choṭī Khāṭū, Rājasthāna, india (1)
  • Dantāṇīgrāma (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (1)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (1)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (2,479)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (259)
  • Kṣullikā (kṣullikā) (1)
  • Saṃvegī (saṃvegī) (1)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agragaṇya (agragaṇya) (12)
  • agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) (2)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (6)
  • gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) (1)
  • gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) (1)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (2)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (2)
  • gaṇādhipati (gaṇādhipati) (1)
  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (69)
  • gaṇinī (gaṇinī) (6)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (1)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (2)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (4)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (110)
  • Female teacher (guruṇī) (4)
  • Granddaughter disciple (pautrīśiṣyā) (4)
  • Grandfather teacher (dādāguru) (1)
  • Grandson disciple (pautraśiṣya) (409)
  • Grandson disciple (praśiṣya) (2)
  • Greatgranddaughter disciple (prapautrīśiṣyā) (5)
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• Religion

  • Hindu (1)
  • Jaina (2,720)
  • Jaina (Jaina) (1)
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• Denomination

  • Digambara (6)
  • Śvetāmbara (2,711)
  • Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara) (1)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Amūrtipūjaka (73)
  • Mūlasaṃgha (4)
  • Murtipūjaka (53)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (2,588)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka) (1)
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• Sect all

  • Añcalagaccha (9)
  • Candragaccha (3)
  • Deśīgaṇa (2)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (8)
  • Dharmasiṃgha Sampradāya (2)
  • Hara Sampradāya (4)
  • Harṣapurīyagaccha (1)
  • Jīvarāja Sampradāya (6)
  • Kharataragaccha (2,499)
  • Kharataragaccha (Kharataragaccha) (1)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (6)
  • Balātkāragaṇa (1)
  • Bāṇakula (1)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (501)
  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (Bṛhatkharataragaccha) (1)
  • Caitragaccha (1)
  • Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya (2)
  • Daulatarāma Sampradāya (4)
  • Dhannā Sampradāya (4)
  • Goyarakṣaśākhā (1)
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• Sect Sub Branch all

  • Ajarāmara Cha Koṭi Sampradāya (1)
  • Candrakula (1)
  • Goṇḍalagaccha (3)
  • Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (2)
  • Jayamalagaccha (1)
  • Jinabhadrasūriśākhā (130)
  • Jinaharṣasūriśākhā (1)
  • Jinarājasūriśākhā (28)
  • Jinaratnasūriśākhā (52)
  • Jinasāgarasūrisākhā (1)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Goṇḍalagaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (3)
  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (4)
  • Jinabhaktisūriśākhā (37)
  • Jinalābhaśākhā (32)
  • Jinamāṇikyasūri (4)
  • Jinasukhasūriśākhā (24)
  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa (2)
  • Līmbaḍī Nānā Pakṣa (1)
  • Sāgaraśākhā (35)
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• Institution all

  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (5)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (2)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (5)
  • Bauddha College (2)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (2)
  • Bhuvana (1)
  • Caturavijaya Bhaṇḍāra (1)
  • Jaina Association of India, Mumbai (1)
  • Jaina Vidyāśālā, Ahmedābāda (1)
  • Jinacāritrasūri Saṃgraha, Mumbaī (4)
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• Institution Type

  • Charity (1)
  • Modern Library (5)
  • Private Research Institute (2,338)
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (1)
  • Traditional Library (22)
  • University (5)
  • research (1)
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• Role fewer

  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (1)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (1)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (11)
  • Author (kartā) (29)
  • Celebrator (dātā) (2)
  • Co-establisher (sahasthāpaka) (1)
  • Co-organizer (sahasaṃgaṭhanakartā) (1)
  • Co-scribe (sahapratilekhaka) (1)
  • Co-wanderer (sahavihārī) (2)
  • Collaborator (sahayogī) (1)
  • Compiler (saṃkalanakartā) (12)
  • Complainant (phariyādakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) (14)
  • Consecrator of a footprint (caraṇapratiṣṭhākṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a gaṇi (gaṇipadakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a mahattarā (mahattarāpadakṛt) (6)
  • Consecrator of a pravartinī (pravartinīpadakṛt) (9)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (4)
  • Consecrator of a sūri (sūripadakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of a vācaka (vācakapadakṛt) (1)
  • Consecrator of an ācārya (ācāryapadakṛt) (3)
  • Consecrator of an upādhyāya (upādhyāyapadakṛt) (1)
  • Contemporary (samakālīna) (217)
  • Converter (dharmaparivartaka) (7)
  • Debater (vivādī) (2)
  • Dissident (vimata) (1)
  • Donor (dātā) (11)
  • Establisher (sthāpaka) (15)
  • Excommunicator (bahiṣkartā) (1)
  • Exorcist (ojhā) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (2)
  • Female disciple of preceptor (śiṣyā) (1)
  • Female lay disciple (śrāvikā) (1)
  • Follower (anuyāyī) (1)
  • Giver (denevālā) (1)
  • Honourer (saṃmānadātṛ) (1)
  • Indirect Predecessor (paṭṭepūrvādhikārī) (1)
  • Indirect Successor (paṭṭānukrama) (2)
  • Indirect Successor (paṭṭānvaya) (1)
  • Indirect successor (paṭṭasantāna) (4)
  • Initiate (dīkṣārthī) (24)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) (7)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādāyaka) (1)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (2,758) [x]
  • Inspirer (ādeśaka) (3)
  • Inspirer (preraka) (4)
  • Inspirer (upadeśaka) (7)
  • Intended reader (paṭhanārthī) (5)
  • Layman (upāsaka) (1)
  • Male disciple of preceptor (śiṣya) (4)
  • Male lay disciple (śravaka) (2)
  • Male teacher of the doctrine (dharmopadeśakṛt) (1)
  • One who leaves a mendicant order (gaṇaparityāgin) (2)
  • One who rejoins a mendicant order (punargaṇāgamin) (2)
  • Orderer (faramānakṛt) (2)
  • Organizer (saṃgaṭhanakartā) (15)
  • Owner (mālik) (1)
  • Participant (bhāgī) (1)
  • Patronee (āśrayī) (1)
  • Performer of the consecration of an appointee (padābhiṣekapradātā) (2)
  • Person laying the foundation stone of a temple (ādhāraśilā ḍālanevālā) (1)
  • Pilgrim (tīrthayātrī) (2)
  • Praiser (vandaka) (1)
  • Preceptor (guru) (8)
  • Preceptor of a mendicant disciple (guru) (1)
  • Preceptor of an initiate (dīkṣāguru) (11)
  • Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) (31)
  • Recipient (malanāra) (1)
  • Reformer (kriyoddhārakṛt) (1)
  • Requester (prārthaka) (2)
  • Restorer (jīrṇoddhārakṛt) (1)
  • Scribe (pratilekhaka) (64)
  • Spiritual patron / protector (niśrayadātā) (1)
  • Student (vidyārthī) (1)
  • Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) (1)
  • Successor (uttarādhikārī) (42)
  • Worldly patron / protector (saṃrakṣaka) (4)
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• Event all

  • Announcement of ācārya position (acārya-pada ghoṣaṇā) (1)
  • Bhaṭṭāraka inauguration (bhaṭṭārakapadasthāpanā) (2)
  • Birth (janma) (105)
  • Chief monk (mukhya muni) (1)
  • Consecration (abhiṣeka) (2)
  • Conversion (pratibodha) (2)
  • Death (mahāprayāṇa) (53)
  • Death (mṛtyu) (8)
  • Death (svargagamana) (6)
  • Debate (carcā) (1)
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• Object all

  • Añcalagaccha (Añcalagaccha) (1)
  • Ascetic wandering (vihāra) (2)
  • Bāṇakula (Bāṇakula) (1)
  • Bhaṭṭārakapada (bhaṭṭārakapada) (1)
  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (3)
  • Bṛhadkharataragaccha (Bṛhadkharataragaccha) (1)
  • Candrakula (Candrakula) (1)
  • Death memorial (stūpa) (1)
  • Doctrine (dharma) (1)
  • Dramma coins (dramma) (1)
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• Event Place all

  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadābāda (3)
  • Ahamadagaṛha, Paṃjāba, India (1)
  • Ahamadanagara (1)
  • Ahammadapura, India / Ahammadapura, India (1)
  • Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (3)
  • Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India (8)
  • Ajimaganja, West Bengal, India (18)
  • Akavvarāvāda (1)
  • Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India (2)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1935 (1)
  • Kapadia 1936 (3)
  • Kapadia 1940 (1)
  • Kapadia 1952 (3)
  • Kapādiā 1967 (1)
  • Weber 1888 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Bālāvabodha (1)
  • Biography (3)
  • Canonised text (2)
  • Catalogue (127)
  • Compilation (19)
  • Eulogy (1)
  • Explanation (1)
  • Historical poem (34)
  • History (2,613)
  • Hymn of praise (12)
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• Language all

  • English (24)
  • English & Sanskrit (5)
  • Gujarati (123)
  • Hindi (2,638)
  • Hindi & English (1)
  • Hindi & Gujarati (2)
  • Old Gujarati (50)
  • Old Hindi (1)
  • Prakrit (5)
  • Prākrit & Gujarāti (1)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (2,635)
  • Gujarātī (122)
  • Gujarātī & Devanāgarī (1)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (6)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (6)
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