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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Āṃbā
Candra mahattara Jaina monk Jaina
Devā
Kulamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Caitra (caitra) 1455Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352 — 1398]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1399]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1398]
Raṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Somadeva vādin, vyākhyātṛ, kavī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1598 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1541]
Unknown Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1463]
Unknown
Unknown
Vinayakalaśa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk

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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.