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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Jinacandra jaṅgamayugapradhāna sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1706] . Sūratavindara
Hemavimala paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Jinaharṣa gaṇabhṛt, pūjya, gaccheśa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Vālevāgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Āūgrāma
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Maṇḍovara, Madhya pradeśa, India
Vijayarāja sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya) Jaina monk Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1679 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1623]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1633]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1742 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1686]
Jinamāṇikya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1503]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1492 — 1555]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Derāura
Tilakaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candraśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1240 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1183]
Manoharadāsa sāha, saṃghapati Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710-1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1678]
Saubhāgyaharṣa sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]
Maṇḍalika Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Parvata Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
Dharmaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1583Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1510 — 1527]
Soma saṃghavī Jaina layperson male Kṣemakīrtiśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1513Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429 — 1457]
Devadatta Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Ḍāhā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1586 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530]
Bhairava Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1586 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530]
Bhavānī Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1586 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530]
Māla Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1723 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1667]
Rāma Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1723 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1667]
Devatilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Punamiyāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1519]
Bhaṇasālī, Therū sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Lakṣapati Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Dhanarāja saṃghapati Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Ḍūṃgara Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha

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