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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinasiṃha yugapradhāna vācaka (vācaka), ācārya (ācārya), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558] . Khetāsaragrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1623 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1566] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558 — 1617]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617] . Meṛatā / Meṛatā, Rājasthāna, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Ratnavijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1594 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1537]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1619]
Karamacandra Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Jahāṅgīra pātaśāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1684Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606 — 1627] . Dillī

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