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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
Skandila vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, yugapradhāna ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 328 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-199]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221 — -113]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113]

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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.