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• Gender

  • Female (strī) (821)
  • Male (puruṣa) (8,556)
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• Marital Status

  • Widowed (vaidhavya) (1)
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• Title all

  • Ācārya (Academic Qualification) (ācārya) (1)
  • Doctor / PhD (7)
  • MA (2)
  • Paṇḍita (Academic Qualification) (paṇḍita) (2)
  • Saṃghādhipa (saṃghādhipa) (2)
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• Byname all

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  • Bhaṇaśālika (Bhaṇaśālika) (7)
  • Bhaṇḍasālī (Bhaṇḍasālī) (1)
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• Caste all

  • Agaravāla (Agaravāla) (7)
  • Agaravāla (Agravāla) (3)
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  • Bagheravāla (Bagheravāla) (1)
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  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (7)
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  • Cauhāna (Cauhāna) (1)
  • Chāvaḍā (Chāvaḍā) (2)
  • Cosarā Poravāla (Cosarā Poravāla) (1)
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• Caste Division all

  • Bhorāṇakīya (Bhorāṇakīya) (6)
  • Daśa (Dasa) (2)
  • Gūgalīśākhā (Gūgalīśāṣā) (1)
  • Kāpardi (Kāpardi) (3)
  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (2)
  • Mīṭhaḍīyā (Mīṭhaḍīyā) (2)
  • Moḍha (Moḍha) (16)
  • Pāḍalīyā (Pāḍalīyā) (1)
  • Pātaṇī (Pātaṇī) (1)
  • Vīsa (Vīsa) (20)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (23)
  • Foreigner (Ionian) (Yavana) (2)
  • Harijana (Harijana) (1)
  • High caste (Vaḍajātyā) (1)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (13)
  • Twiceborn (Dvija) (2)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (147)
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• Family Lineage all

  • Cadūāṇa (Cadūāṇa) (1)
  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (1)
  • Caṃḍālī (Caṃḍālī) (1)
  • Caulukya (Caulukya) (1)
  • Dośī (Dośī) (1)
  • Gupta (Gupta) (2)
  • Ikṣvāku (Ikṣvāku) (1)
  • Kauśika (Kauśika) (1)
  • Kautsa (Kautsa) (1)
  • Khomāṇarāja (Khomāṇarāja) (1)
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• Family Occupation

  • Cloth merchant (kapaṛā vyāpārī) (5)
  • Dyer (rañjaka) (1)
  • Farmer (kisāna) (3)
  • King (rāja) (1)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (20)
  • Potter (kumhāra) (1)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (3)
  • Ancestor (pūrvaja) (2)
  • Brother (bhāī) (677)
  • Brother (bhrātā) (5)
  • Brother (sodara) (7)
  • Brother in law (sālā) (2)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (7)
  • Daughter (beṭī) (4)
  • Daughter (putrī) (86)
  • Daughter in law (bahū) (4)
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• Birth Date all

  • -10 – -1 (1)
  • -100 – -91 (1)
  • -140 – -131 (1)
  • -180 – -171 (1)
  • -230 – -221 (1)
  • -250 – -241 (1)
  • -290 – -281 (1)
  • -30 – -21 (1)
  • -300 – -291 (1)
  • -340 – -331 (1)
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• Birth Place all

  • Adhoī / Adhoī, Gujarāta, Purva Kaccha, India (1)
  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa (1)
  • Alavara / Alavara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India (1)
  • Amīnagara (2)
  • Bagaḍūṁdā / Madhya Pradeśa, Mevāṛa, India (1)
  • Bahalolapura (1)
  • Barānapura, India (1)
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• Religious Status all

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (4)
  • Brahmacārin (brahmacārin) (1)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (16)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (196)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (2,304)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (6,020)
  • Jaina monk (yati) (2)
  • Jaina nun (sādhvī / āryikā) (623)
  • Kṣullikā (kṣullikā) (2)
  • Non-Jaina mendicant (1)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agragaṇya (agragaṇya) (1)
  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (5)
  • anagāra (anagāra) (3)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (142)
  • bhikṣu (bhikkhu) (1)
  • bhikṣu (bhikṣu) (1)
  • gacchādhipa (gacchādhipa) (2)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (27)
  • gacchapati (gacchapati) (4)
  • gaccheśa (gaccheśa) (15)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (3)
  • Chief disciple (agraśiṣya) (1)
  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (1)
  • Fellow celibate student (sabrahmacārin) (2)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (42)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (48)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) (5)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (26)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (satīrthya) (9)
  • Female disciple (śiṣyā) (342)
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• Religion

  • Buddhist (2)
  • Hindu (2)
  • Jaina (9,380) [x]
  • Sikh (1)
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• Denomination

  • Brāhmaṇa (2)
  • Digambara (822)
  • Pārśvanāthāpatyīya (3)
  • Śvetāmbara (6,756)
  • Yāpanīya (22)
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• Sect Tradition all

  • Ahariṣṭiśramaṇasaṃgha (1)
  • Amūrtipūjaka (572)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (3)
  • Candragaccha (3)
  • Devasaṃgha (3)
  • Kāñcīsaṃgha (4)
  • Kāṣthāsaṃgha (5)
  • Kāṣṭhāsaṃgha (17)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (7)
  • Mailāpānvaya (6)
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• Sect all

  • Aḍḍakaligaccha (1)
  • Añcalagaccha (163)
  • Bhadrānvaya (2)
  • Bhartṛpurīyagaccha (1)
  • Bharuyachāgaccha (1)
  • Bhāvaḍaherāgaccha (2)
  • Bhāvadāragaccha (17)
  • Bhilliyasaṃgha (2)
  • Bokaḍīyāgaccha (3)
  • Brahmāṇagaccha (18)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (8)
  • Anupamacandra Sampradāya (Koṭā Sampradāya II) (1)
  • Balātkāragaṇa (169)
  • Bāṇakula (2)
  • Begaṛaśākhā (3)
  • Bharavachevālagaccha (1)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (16)
  • Bhīmapallīyaśākhā (9)
  • Brahmadvīpikāśākhā (1)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (2)
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• Sect Sub Branch all

  • Ajarāmara Cha Koṭi Sampradāya (6)
  • Ajarāmara Sampradāya (23)
  • Baravāḷā Sampradāya (6)
  • Boṭāda Sampradāya (8)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (2)
  • Brahmaliptakula (2)
  • Candrakula (2)
  • Cūḍā Sampradāya (2)
  • Ekliṅgadāsa Sampradāya (Mevāṛa Sampradāya) (2)
  • Goṇḍalagaccha (13)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch all

  • Akalaṅkaśaśadharakula (1)
  • Aryaśrīkāsaṃbhoga (2)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (1)
  • Dhrāṅgadharā Sampradāya (5)
  • Goṇḍalagaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (13)
  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (13)
  • Jayalābhamata (1)
  • Jinabhaktisūriśākhā (1)
  • Jinamāṇikyasūri (4)
  • Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa (14)
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• Institution all

  • (Gujarāta) Purātattva Mandira (2)
  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (7)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (2)
  • Agaracanda Nāhaṭā Saṃgraha (4)
  • Anantanātha Jaina Mandira, Māṃdavī, Mumbaī (2)
  • Aurobindo Society for Indian Culture (1)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (1,986)
  • Bauddha College (2)
  • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (4)
  • Bhuvana (1)
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• Institution Type all

  • Charity (1)
  • Folk Culture Research Institute (3)
  • Government Institution (46)
  • Modern Library (25)
  • Private Research Institute (1,239)
  • Research Association (8)
  • Research Institute (2)
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (5)
  • Temple (2)
  • Traditional Library (66)
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• Role all

  • Administrator of a temple (mandirādhikāra) (2)
  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (4)
  • Adversary (vipakṣa) (1)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (17)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (73)
  • Attendee (upasthita) (21)
  • Author (granthakāra) (1)
  • Author (kartā) (1,225)
  • Breaker (ucchedaka) (1)
  • Buyer (kharīdāra) (2)
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• Event all

  • Abdication (rājyatyāga) (1)
  • Accepting fourth aṇuvrata (caturthavratagrahaṇa) (1)
  • Agreement (1)
  • Appointment of a general (daṇḍapatipadaniyukti) (1)
  • Approval end (samujñāna end) (1)
  • Banishment (deśavaṭo) (2)
  • Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna) (13)
  • Bhaṭṭāraka inauguration (bhaṭṭārakapadasthāpanā) (24)
  • Birth (janma) (401)
  • Carrying a nicknane (1)
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• Object all

  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Abhayadeva (2)
  • Abolition of pilgrimage tax (tīrthyātrākaranābūda) (2)
  • Ajāputrakathā (Ajāputrakathā) (1)
  • Ajāputrakathā cupai (Ajāputrakathā cupai) (1)
  • Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya (Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya) (1)
  • Añcalagaccha (Añcalagaccha) (2)
  • Art (kalā) (2)
  • As a rule (niryāmaṇāpurvaka) (3)
  • Ascetic wandering (vihāra) (4)
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• Event Place all

  • Acalagaḍha, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India (3)
  • Adhoī / Adhoī, Gujarāta, Purva Kaccha, India (1)
  • Agali (1)
  • Agalūra (1)
  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadābāda (13)
  • Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya / Ahamadābāda, Dariyāpura, Chīpā Poḷa Upāśraya, Gujarāta, India (1)
  • Ahammadanagara / Ahamadābāda (2)
  • Ahammadapura, India / Ahammadapura, India (1)
  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
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• Catalogue all

  • Aufrecht 1859 (1)
  • Balbir 2019 (2)
  • Balbir et al. 2006 (4)
  • Barnett 1940 (1)
  • Bhandarkar 1888 (5)
  • Deśāī & Koṭhārī 1978-1997 (2)
  • Kapadia 1935 (81)
  • Kapadia 1936 (58)
  • Kapadia 1940 (65)
  • Kapadia 1948 (1)
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• Genre all

  • Alaṃkṛti (2)
  • Anvaya (1)
  • Artha (3)
  • Astronomy & Astrology (4)
  • Avacūri (18)
  • Avacūrṇi (6)
  • Bālabodha (4)
  • Bālāvabodha (59)
  • Bhāṣya (10)
  • Biographical poem (1)
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• Language all

  • Apabhraṃśa (2)
  • Bhāṣā (18)
  • Brāj Bhāṣā (1)
  • Canarese (23)
  • Eastern Hindi (2)
  • English (561)
  • English & Italian (8)
  • English & Sanskrit (2,035)
  • German (1)
  • Gujarati (2,228)
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• Script all

  • Canarese (7)
  • Devanāgarī (2,221)
  • Grantha (5)
  • Gujarātī (2,096)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (90)
  • Kannaḍa (6)
  • Old Devanāgarī (1)
  • Old Kannaḍa (3)
  • Roman (11)
  • Roman & Devanāgarī (2,033)
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