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  • Caturtha (Caturtha) (1)
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• Caste Division all

  • Bhorāṇakīya (Bhorāṇakīya) (8)
  • Daśa (Dasa) (20)
  • Gūgalīśākhā (Gūgalīśāṣā) (3)
  • Kāpardi (Kāpardi) (9)
  • Lāḍuā (Lāḍuā) (4)
  • Laghuśākhā (Laghuśākhā) (30)
  • Lakṣaśākhā (Lakṣaśākhā) (4)
  • Maguḍīyā (Maguḍīyā) (14)
  • Mīṭhaḍīyā (Mīṭhaḍīyā) (4)
  • Moḍha (Moḍha) (30)
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• Social Class

  • Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa) (45)
  • Foreigner (Ionian) (Yavana) (89)
  • Foreigner (Mleccha) (1)
  • Harijana (Harijana) (1)
  • High caste (Vaḍajātyā) (1)
  • Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya) (44)
  • Twiceborn (Dvija) (2)
  • Vaiśya (Vaiśya) (701)
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• Family Lineage all

  • Bahmana (Bahmana) (1)
  • Baḷegāra (Baḷegāra) (1)
  • Bhillamāla (Bhillamāla) (2)
  • Buddha (buddha) (6)
  • Cadūāṇa (Cadūāṇa) (5)
  • Cāhumāna (Cāhumāna) (5)
  • Cālukya (Cālukya) (11)
  • Caṃḍālī (Caṃḍālī) (5)
  • Caulukya (Caulukya) (3)
  • Culukīśvara (Culukīśvara) (1)
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• Family Occupation all

  • Carpenter (vardhaki) (11)
  • Cloth merchant (kapaṛā vyāpārī) (29)
  • Dyer (rañjaka) (3)
  • Farmer (kisāna) (6)
  • King (narendra) (3)
  • King (rāja) (54)
  • Landowner (zamīṃdāra) (1)
  • Merchant (ibhya) (2)
  • Merchant (śreṣṭhin) (80)
  • Merchant (vyāpāri) (12)
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• Family Relationship all

  • Adopted son (dattakaputra) (8)
  • Ancestor (pūrvaja) (6)
  • Brother (bhāī) (1,072)
  • Brother (bhrātā) (11)
  • Brother (sodara) (8)
  • Brother in law (sālā) (12)
  • Co-wife (sautana) (3)
  • Cousin (cacerā bhāī) (17)
  • Daughter (beṭī) (14)
  • Daughter (putrī) (375)
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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)
  • Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi) / Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi), Mahārāṣṭra, India (1)
  • Ahicchatra (1)
  • Ahimadanagara / Ahamadābāda (1)
  • Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa (1)
  • Alavara / Alavara, Rājasthāna, India (1)
  • Amalanera, India / Amalanera, India (1)
  • Amarāvatī, India / Amarāvatī, India (1)
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• Religious Status all

  • Bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (14)
  • Brahmacārin (brahmacārin) (2)
  • Brahmacāriṇī (brahmacāriṇī) (1)
  • Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) (4)
  • Householder (gṛhapati) (131)
  • Householder female (gṛhastha kī patnī) (75)
  • Householder male (gṛhastha) (306)
  • Jaina layperson female (śrāvikā / upāsikā) (2,896)
  • Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka) (5,919)
  • Jaina monk (sādhu / muni) (10,612)
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• Monastic Position all

  • agragaṇya (agragaṇya) (18)
  • agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) (29)
  • agraṇī (agraṇī) (5)
  • anagāra (anagāra) (5)
  • bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) (166)
  • bhikṣu (bhikkhu) (1)
  • bhikṣu (bhikṣu) (1)
  • chadmastha (chadmastha) (1)
  • gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) (35)
  • gacchapati (gacchapati) (4)
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• Monastic Relationship all

  • *Performer of the initiation rite (dīkṣāpradātā) (4)
  • Chief disciple (agraśiṣya) (2)
  • Dharmaputra (dharmaputra) (2)
  • Fellow celibate student (sabrahmacārin) (2)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) (77)
  • Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) (51)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) (5)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma) (48)
  • Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (satīrthya) (9)
  • Female disciple (antevāsiṇī) (2)
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• Religion

  • Ājīvika (4)
  • Buddhist (10)
  • Christian (1)
  • Hindu (92)
  • Jaina (18,867)
  • Jaina (Jaina) (2)
  • Muslim (119)
  • Sikh (2)
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• Denomination

  • Brāhmaṇa (11)
  • Digambara (1,007)
  • Pārśvanāthāpatyīya (5)
  • Śaiva (4)
  • Śvetāmbara (14,230)
  • Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara) (2)
  • Vaiṣṇava (11)
  • Yāpanīya (22)
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• Sect Tradition all

  • Ahariṣṭiśramaṇasaṃgha (1)
  • Amūrtipūjaka (1,528)
  • Bṛhadgaccha (3)
  • Candragaccha (3)
  • Devasaṃgha (3)
  • Kāñcīsaṃgha (4)
  • Kāṣthāsaṃgha (5)
  • Kāṣṭhāsaṃgha (31)
  • Kauṭikagaṇa (7)
  • Mailāpānvaya (6)
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• Sect all

  • Aḍḍakaligaccha (1)
  • Aḍḍālijīyagaccha (5)
  • Añcalagaccha (530)
  • Bhadrānvaya (2)
  • Bhartṛpurīyagaccha (1)
  • Bharuyachāgaccha (1)
  • Bhāvaḍaherāgaccha (2)
  • Bhāvadāragaccha (37)
  • Bhilliyasaṃgha (2)
  • Bokaḍīyāgaccha (3)
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• Sect Branch all

  • Amarasiṃha Sampradāya (43)
  • Anupamacandra Sampradāya (Koṭā Sampradāya II) (10)
  • Balātkāragaṇa (211)
  • Begaṛaśākhā (3)
  • Bharavachevālagaccha (1)
  • Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā (18)
  • Bhīmapallīyaśākhā (24)
  • Borasiddhīyaśākhā (2)
  • Brahmadvīpikāśākhā (1)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (2)
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• Sect Sub Branch all

  • Ajamerapaṭṭa (1)
  • Ajarāmara Cha Koṭi Sampradāya (6)
  • Ajarāmara Sampradāya (23)
  • Baravāḷā Sampradāya (6)
  • Boṭāda Sampradāya (8)
  • Brahmaliptakakula (2)
  • Brahmaliptakula (2)
  • Candrakula (3)
  • Cūḍā Sampradāya (2)
  • Daulatarāma Sampradāya (Koṭā Sampradāya I) (6)
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• Sect Sub Sub Branch all

  • Akalaṅkaśaśadharakula (1)
  • Amarasāgarasurīrājya (1)
  • Aryaśrīkāsaṃbhoga (2)
  • Bhāgacanda (4)
  • Dhanarājaśākhā (2)
  • Dharmadāsa Sampradāya (1)
  • Dhrāṅgadharā Sampradāya (5)
  • Goṇḍalagaccha Moṭā Pakṣa (13)
  • Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a) (18)
  • Jayalābhamata (1)
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• Institution all

  • (Gujarāta) Purātattva Mandira (2)
  • Abhaya Jain Library, Bikānera (23)
  • Abhaya Jaina Granthālaya Saṃgraha, Bikānera (16)
  • Agaracanda Nāhaṭā Saṃgraha (8)
  • Amaravijayamuni Sinora, Ḍabhoi Bhaṇḍāra (2)
  • Anantanātha Jaina Mandira, Māṃdavī, Mumbaī (21)
  • Aurobindo Society for Indian Culture (1)
  • B. J. Institute of Learning and Research Ahmedabad (5,324)
  • Bauddha College (3)
  • Bhadrasūri Jñānabhaṇḍāra, Jesalamera (1)
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• Institution Type all

  • Charity (5)
  • Folk Culture Research Institute (6)
  • Government Institution (244)
  • Modern Library (110)
  • Private Research Institute (2,531)
  • Research Association (8)
  • Research Institute (2)
  • Scientific Society (1)
  • Shelter / Hall for mendicants (17)
  • Temple (23)
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• Role all

  • Administrator of a temple (mandirādhikāra) (2)
  • Adversary (pratipakṣa) (6)
  • Adversary (vipakṣa) (2)
  • Appointee (padasthāpita) (28)
  • Appointer (padasthāpanāpradātā) (76)
  • Attendee (upasthita) (28)
  • Author (granthakāra) (4)
  • Author (kartā) (1,952)
  • Breaker (ucchedaka) (3)
  • Buyer (kharīdāra) (5)
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• Event all

  • Abdication (rājyatyāga) (2)
  • Accepting fourth aṇuvrata (caturthavratagrahaṇa) (2)
  • Accomplishment of Jñānapañcamī vow (jñānapañcamī udyāpana) (1)
  • Agreement (1)
  • Announcement of ācārya position (acārya-pada ghoṣaṇā) (1)
  • Appointment of a general (daṇḍapatipadaniyukti) (1)
  • Approval (samujñāna) (1)
  • Approval end (samujñāna end) (1)
  • Award of doctorate degree (PhD) (śaiṣika upādhi) (2)
  • Awarding an estate / town (jāgīra nagara puraskṛta) (3)
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• Object all

  • 24 Jina stava (stavanā) (1)
  • 700 Śrīmālī families (700 śrīmālī kutuṃba) (1)
  • Abhayadeva (2)
  • Abolition of pilgrimage tax (tīrthyātrākaranābūda) (3)
  • Ajāputrakathā (Ajāputrakathā) (1)
  • Ajāputrakathā cupai (Ajāputrakathā cupai) (1)
  • Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya (Amarasiṃha Saṃpradāya) (2)
  • Amount of sorghum or corn (hāela) (2)
  • Area for community (Vāsa - Pāṭaka) (2)
  • Art (kalā) (2)
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• Event Place all

  • 72 Jinālaya Kodāya / Koḍāī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India (2)
  • Acalagaḍha, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India (3)
  • Adeyarenāḍu (1)
  • Adhoī / Adhoī, Gujarāta, Purva Kaccha, India (1)
  • Agali (1)
  • Agalūra (1)
  • Aghāra, Gujarata, India (1)
  • Ahamadagaṛha, Paṃjāba, India (1)
  • Ahamadanagara (3)
  • Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi) / Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi), Mahārāṣṭra, India (1)
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• Catalogue all

  • An Alphabetical list of manuscript, Vol.3 (1)
  • Aufrecht 1859 (1)
  • Balbir 2019 (2)
  • Balbir et al. 2006 (4)
  • Barnett 1940 (2)
  • Baroda 1998 (5)
  • Bhandarkar 1888 (5)
  • Deśāī & Koṭhārī 1978-1997 (2)
  • Eggeling 1891 (1)
  • Kapadia 1935 (183)
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• Genre all

  • Alaṃkṛti (2)
  • Anvaya (1)
  • Artha (4)
  • Astronomy & Astrology (4)
  • Avacūri (39)
  • Avacūrṇi (13)
  • Bhāṣya (26)
  • Biographical dictionary (2)
  • Biographical poem (2)
  • Biography (9)
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• Language all

  • Apabhraṃśa (5)
  • Bhāṣā (23)
  • Brāj Bhāṣā (1)
  • Canarese (45)
  • Eastern Hindi (2)
  • English (1,376)
  • English & Italian (8)
  • English & Sanskrit (5,570)
  • German (4)
  • Gujarati (6,108)
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• Script all

  • Canarese (13)
  • Devanāgarī (6,319)
  • Grantha (7)
  • Gujarātī (5,808)
  • Gujarātī & Devanāgarī (1)
  • Jaina Devanāgarī (277)
  • Kannaḍa (55)
  • Old Devanāgarī (8)
  • Old Kannaḍa (4)
  • Roman (12)
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