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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
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
Siddha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha, Dvivandanikagaccha
Vijayasena kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, savāīguru, savāīhīra, bhaṭṭārakacakravartin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] . Nāradapurī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1615] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Dharmasāgara vādin, granthakāra, tārkikacakracūḍāmaṇi, vidvān yati (yati), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1522 — 1596]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
Guṇanidhāna gaccheśvara, vidhipakṣapa sūri (sūri), gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1492]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1600Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530 — 1544]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1545]
Nagarṣi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown Jaina monk
Dharmadāsa brahmacārin Brahmacārin Digambara
Bālikā Demī kṣullikā (kṣullikā) Kṣullikā
Bālikā Kuariya kṣullikā (kṣullikā) Kṣullikā Rāmasenānvaya
Nākara paṇḍita Rāmasenānvaya
Kīkā paṇḍita Rāmasenānvaya
Rājakīrti ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Rāmasenānvaya
Vinayakīrti ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Rāmasenānvaya
Bhojā Jaina layperson male Digambara
Kīrtivardhana paṇḍita Jaina layperson male Upakeśagaccha

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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.