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Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

 

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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Municandra sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Devasūrigaccha, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1180 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1123]
Nemicandra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1169Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1072 — 1112]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1112]
Padmavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1598]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Yaśodeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1176 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1119]
Yaśovijaya mahopādhyāya, prakāṇḍavidvāna, nyāyaviśārada vācaka (vācaka), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1658]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1631]

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