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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abdula Rahimāna Householder male Muslim
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1757 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1700]
Abhayacandra siddhāntasūri, svāmin Jaina monk Digambara
Abhayadeva śvetāmbaragrāmaṇī, samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha, Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [993]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1016] . Dhārā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1077 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1021]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1072 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1135Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1015 — 1078]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1135 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1078] . Kappaḍavaṇija, Gurjaradeśa / Kapaḍavaṃja, Gujarāta, India
Abhayadeva vādisiṃha, vādisūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rudrapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1426 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1369]
Abhayanandin muni (muni) Jaina monk Digambara
Abhayarāja Jaina
Abhayasoma
Acala
Āditya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk
Āditya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk
Ajayapāla
Ajitadeva
Ajitadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
Ajitadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallivālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1629Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554 — 1573]
Ajitaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Ajitasena ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1128]
Ajitasiṃha samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Rājagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
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]
Akalaṅka deva, bhaṭṭa Digambara
Akhapata
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
Alaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1157 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1100]
Āmadeva sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
Amara Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
Amaracanda
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 76 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [19]
Amaracandra paṇḍita yati (yati), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vāyaḍagaccha
Amaracandra siṃhaśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Amarakīrti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
Amaramāṇikya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558]
Amaraprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Amararatna munivara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Amarasundara paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Amaravijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Lakṣmībhadrīyāśākhā
Ambaḍa Jaina monk Jaina
Ambadeva upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Devasūrigaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1043]
Amiavijaya Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1898 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841]
Amicanda, Keśava Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1870]
Amicanda, Kevala Jaina layperson male Jaina
Amīcanda, Municanda Jaina
Amitagati gaṇanātha Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [993]
Amoghavarṣa Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 735 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) - 799Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [813 — 877]
Amolaka ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1934 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1878] . Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India / Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1888]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1993Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1936] . Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India / Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Duḷiyā, Madhyapradeśa, Khāndeśa, India / Duḷiyā
Āmradeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1063]
Āmradeva upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
Amṛtabhāratī Jaina
Amṛtacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Digambara
Amṛtacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Digambara
Amṛtacandra sūrāṇagaṇādhipa, śrīpūjya sūri (sūri), gacchapati (gacchapati), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1910-1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1868]
Amṛtānandin yogīśvara
Amṛtasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Ānanda
Ānanda sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Āṇanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Ānandacandra maharṣi Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
Ānandaghana mahārāja, prabhu, yogīputra Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka, Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
Ānandarāma Jaina
Ānandaraṅga Jaina
Āṇandasoma sūri (sūri), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1540]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1601 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1636Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1540 — 1580]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1636 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1580]
Ānandasundara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Ānandavallabha Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Ananta paṇḍita Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1635]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Anantavīrya muni (muni) Jaina monk Digambara
Argala deva Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
Arhaccandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Arhaddāsa Jaina layperson male Digambara
Arhaddāsa Digambara
Arisiṃha
Āryapārya Digambara
Āsaḍa kavisabhāśṛṅgāra Jaina monk Thārāpadragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1248 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1191]
Āśādhara Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Birth (janma) Maṇḍalakara
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1300Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1193 — 1243]
Āśāditya
Aśaga Jaina layperson male Jaina
Āsakarṇa ṛṣi, pūjya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinamāṇikyasūri
Bahuvali
Balabhadra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1624 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1567]
Balabhadramiśra
Bālacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1603]
Bālacandra Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1300 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1243]
Bālacandra Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1045 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1123]
Baṃkacūla
Bammarasa
Bāṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [631]
Banārasīdāsa Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1671 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1614]
Bandhuvarman
Bappabhaṭṭi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [744] . Dūmbāudhī, Pañcāla
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 807 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [750]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1365Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [744 — 838]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1365 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [838]
Bāvā, Dulicanda Jaina layperson male Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 76 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [19]
Benamānasiṃha
Bhadra
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Bhadragupta daśapūrvin ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99 — 6]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 454-493 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-54]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 449 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-78]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 553 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [26]
Bhadrasena Jaina monk Jaina
Bhadreśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1583]
Bhadreśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1080-1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1081]
Bhagavanta Jaina layperson male Jaina
Bhairavadatta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhaktisāgara Jaina
Bhaktivijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha

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