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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
Akalaṅka deva, traividyadeva, bhaṭṭa, svāmin bhikṣu (bhikkhu), muni (muni), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa, Buddhist, Deśīgaṇa
  1. Birth (janma) Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 710 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [788]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 777 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [855]
Bhagavaddāsa Buddhist monk Buddhist
Dharmadāsa saugatācārya Jaina monk Buddhist
Hemaśitala Householder male Buddhist
Nanda muni (muni) Buddhist monk Buddhist
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 880 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [353]
Puṣpamitra sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Buddhist
  1. Birth (janma): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23]
  2. Birth (janma): 552 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [25]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 567 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [40]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 610/617Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23 — 86]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 616 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [89]
  6. Death (nirvāṇa): 610/617 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [86]
Śreṇika (Bimbisāra) Householder male Buddhist, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-527] . Magadha
Vardhanakuñjara Jaina monk Buddhist
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 800-900 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [793]
Vasubandhu Buddhist monk Buddhist
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 657 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [500 — 600]
Vṛddhakāra Buddhist

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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.