You are here: Home > Search for People

Search

Search for People

Search for people and then click on a name to view the corresponding Person Record. You can change the order of search results by clicking on the column headings (Generic Name, Epithet etc).

You can refine your list of results by using the Filters on the left. You can also display statistical information about aspects of your results by clicking on the links to Bar and Bubble charts on the left.

Advanced Options: Click on this button to expand the search form. Select values from the filters and click any of the buttons 'Search' to find records containing only those combination of options (e.g.'Gender' and 'Roles'). Combining filters with a keyword / search term is optional.

Search and Reset buttons will submit or clear the entire search form, including any filters selected under Advanced Options.

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

 

Filter Results

Showing 1 to 6 of 6 results

Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Gaṇapatarāya gaṇāvacchedaka (gaṇāvacchedaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Gaṅgārāma Jīvarāja Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1906 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1849] . Pasarūra
  2. Birth (janma): 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1932]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1887]
Hīra Jaina layperson female
Kesarīsiṃha Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1917 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1860]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1880] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1990 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1933] . Samānā / Samānā, Panjāba, India
Māṇakacanda tapasvin
  1. Birth (janma): 1885 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1828] . Chīṇṭāvālā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1911 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1854] . Ambālā / Ambālā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1901] . Ambālā / Ambālā, Pañjāba, India
Rūpaśī Jaina layperson male
Sevagrāma tapasvin Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1846] . Biṭhamaṛā/Hariyāṇā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1923 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1866] . Samānā / Samānā, Panjāba, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1876] . Bhadauṛ Laghu

SOAS University of London

Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

The Leverhulme Trust

Partners

Copyright and Data

The Jaina Prosopography Database is publicly available and free at the point of access. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, provided this publication is acknowledged.

Banner Image

Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.