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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Śīlāṅka tattvāditya sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Birth (janma)
Siddha ṛṣi, vyākhyātṛ sādhu (sādhu), ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [905]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Śrīmālapura / Bhīnamāla, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
Sūrācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Garga maharṣi, ṛṣi ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā) Śāṇapura, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
Della mahattara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
Durga svāmin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [883]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
Nirvṛti Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 600-650 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [98]
Droṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1063]
Maheśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kāmyakagaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
Vimala gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
Śravaṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
Śrīṣeṇa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846] . Unknown / Mālava
Dharmadāsa śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [863]
Dharmamati ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā) Nolāī, Mālavā
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
Nema Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [994]
Suvrati sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]
Dinaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]

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