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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
Bhagatalikhamī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Candra muni (muni) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
Jīvakīrti muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1646-1676Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1551 — 1604]
Kalyāṇa pūjya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kalyāṇharśa muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kuśalalābha sādhu (sādhu), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1650] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
Pārakha, Dharmacandra sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1696 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1639]
Premalakṣamī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1735 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1679]
Puṇyapratāpa ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Jaina
Rāmacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Suhedī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1662]
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Vijayaśekhara sādhu (sādhu), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1736 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1679] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1736 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1680]
Vīrām Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1746 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1690]

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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.