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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Amṛtā Jaina layperson female
Badāṇī, Kamaḷaśī Jaina layperson male
Chūdā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Dhanī Jaina layperson female
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Ḍuṅgara Jaina layperson male Jaina
Hīra Jaina layperson female
Hīra Jaina layperson female
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1815 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1758]
Jetasī Jaina layperson male
Jhamaku Jaina layperson female
Kāmadāra, Chāṃpaśī Jaina layperson male
Koṭhārī, Gāṅga Jaina layperson male
Maṇilāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Līmbaḍī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1929 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1873]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1929 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1873 — 1944]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1944]
Motīlāla Jaina layperson male
Muktiśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1911] . Sāndhava / Sāndhava, Gujarāta, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1924] . Gujarāta, Jasāpur (abaḍāsā), India
Nānu Jaina layperson female
Ratanaśā Jaina layperson male
Santoka Jaina layperson female
Śeṭha, Vardhamāna Jaina layperson male
Vela Jaina layperson female

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