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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (1)
  • Male (puruṣa) (1,403)
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• Honorific / Epithet

  • gaṇivara (1)
  • mahopādhyāya (2)
  • paṇḍita (10)
  • paṇḍitapravara (1)
  • vācanācārya (1)
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• Family Relationship

  • Grandson (son's son) (pautra) (1)
  • Grandson (son's son) (potā) (66)
  • Great grandson (parapotā) (19)
  • Paternal grandfather (dādā) (2)
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• Birth Date

  • 1680 – 1689 (1)
  • 1710 – 1719 (1)
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• Birth Place

  • Bāhaḍameru (1)
  • Sācora / Sāṃcora, Rājasthāna, India (1)
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• Religious Status

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (1,393)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (2)
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• Monastic Position all

  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (1)
  • gaṇin (gaṇin) (69)
  • mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) (2)
  • muni (muni) (2)
  • paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) (253)
  • paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) (3)
  • paṇḍita (paṇḍita) (2)
  • sādhu (sādhu) (1,326)
  • sūri (sūri) (1)
  • upādhyāya (upādhyāya) (30)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (4)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (2)
  • Granddaughter disciple (pautrīśiṣyā) (1)
  • Grandson disciple (pautraśiṣya) (31)
  • Greatgranddaughter disciple (prapautrīśiṣyā) (1)
  • Greatgrandfather teacher (paradādāguru) (2)
  • Greatgrandson disciple (prapautraśiṣya) (6)
  • Indirect disciple (santāna) (1)
  • Male disciple (antevāsin) (2)
  • Male disciple (śiṣya) (1,394)
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• Religion

  • Jaina (1,239)
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• Denomination

  • Śvetāmbara (1,238)
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• Sect Tradition

  • Murtipūjaka (27)
  • Mūrtipūjaka (1,211)
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• Sect

  • Kharataragaccha (1,237)
  • Vṛddhakharataragaccha (1)
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• Sect Branch

  • Bṛhatkharataragaccha (34)
  • Jinacandrasūriśākhā (1)
  • Pippalakharataraśākhā (1)
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• Sect Sub Branch

  • Jinabhadrasūriśākhā (8)
  • Jinaratnasūriśākhā (27)
  • Kīrtiratnasūriśākhā (5)
  • Kṣemakīrtiśākhā (1)
  • Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā (1)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch

  • Jinabhaktisūriśākhā (1)
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• Institution all

  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (4)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (2)
  • Bauddha College (2)
  • Caturavijaya Bhaṇḍāra (2)
  • Jaina Association of India, Mumbai (1)
  • Jinacāritrasūri Saṃgraha, Mumbaī (3)
  • Kheḍā Bhaṇḍāra (L.D. Institute of Indology), Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Mahāvīra Jaina Vidyālaya (1)
  • Maṇilala Bakorabhai Vyāsa Saṃgraha (1)
  • Mohanalāla Dalīcanda Mahetā Saṃgraha, Mumbai (1)
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• Institution Type

  • Modern Library (3)
  • Private Research Institute (1,404) [x]
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (1)
  • Traditional Library (20)
  • research (1)
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• Role

  • Author (kartā) (9)
  • Co-author (sahakartā) (1)
  • Co-scribe (sahapratilekhaka) (1)
  • Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) (1)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (2)
  • Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā) (1,231)
  • Intended reader (paṭhanārthī) (2)
  • Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) (1)
  • Scribe (pratilekhaka) (49)
  • Worldly patron / protector (saṃrakṣaka) (1)
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• Event

  • Birth (janma) (2)
  • Four months rains retreat (cāturmāsa) (2)
  • Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā) (1)
  • Initiation (dīkṣā) (1,222)
  • Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) (41)
  • Manuscript copying (pratilekhana) (47)
  • Text composition (racanā) (11)
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• Object

  • Bliss / Welfare (śreyas) (1)
  • Literary work (racanā) (8)
  • Manuscript (hastalekha) (51)
  • Manuscripts (pustakoṃ) (2)
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• Event Place all

  • Ahammadapura, India / Ahammadapura, India (1)
  • Ajimaganja, West Bengal, India (1)
  • Añjarā / Añjara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (6)
  • Bāhaḍameru (17)
  • Bhādalā, India (1)
  • Bhaṭṭīnagara / Bhaṭanera, Rājasthāna, India (2)
  • Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India (15)
  • Bīlhāvāsa, India / Bīlhāvāsa, India (5)
  • Cāṭasū / Cākasū, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Cītalavāṇā / Rājasthāna, Cītalavāṇā, India (2)
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• Catalogue

  • Kapadia 1952 (1)
  • Weber 1888 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Bālāvabodha (1)
  • Catalogue (65)
  • Historical poem (25)
  • History (1,404)
  • Hymn of praise (8)
  • Logic (1)
  • Moral poem (18)
  • Pūjā (1)
  • Sajjāya (1)
  • Saṃdhi (1)
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• Language

  • Gujarati (65)
  • Hindi (1,404)
  • Old Gujarati (37)
  • Sanskrit (1)
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• Script

  • Devanāgarī (1,404)
  • Gujarātī (65)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (2)
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