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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abhayasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Devā Jaina nun Brahmaliptakakula
Māṅkabbeganti sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Pustakagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1041 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1119]
Bhūtadattā Jaina nun Jaina
Balavarmā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 59 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2]
Nandā Jaina nun Aryaśrīkāsaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 59 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2]
Samayaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Lakṣmīsundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
Unknown Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1463]
Reṇā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 150 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-377]
Veṇā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 150 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-377]
Yakṣadattā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 150 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-377]
Yakṣā Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 150 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-377]
Śāmā āryā Jaina nun Jaina
Ratna sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Raṃga sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Harinandi Jaina nun
Kaumalyā, mahattarā Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Śāntimati gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Jinamati mahattarā sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Śrīmatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Pūrṇaśrī mahattarā sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Jñānaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Jinaśrī mahattarā Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144] . Bāgada / India
Kalyāṇamati mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1060 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1003]
Marūdevī, pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143]
Manohara sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1936] . Pādarā, India / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1954] . Pādarā, India / India
Surekhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma): 2010 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1953]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2032 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1975]
Madhusmitā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma): 2013 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1956]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2038 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1981]
Guṇasamṛddhi mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Vimala pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Pramodaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 2039 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1982] . Bāṛamera / Bāṛamera, Rajasthan, India
Vidyutaprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1963] . Mokalasara, India / Mokalasara, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1973]
Vinītāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Pādarā, India / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939] . Aṇādarā / Aṇādarā, India
Kamalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
  2. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1945] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
Candanaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Candraprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2008 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1951] . Khujanera, India
Padmasiddhi gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun
Mānasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Premasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1671 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1614]
Rājasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Bhāgasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Prabhāvatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Dayāsundarī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Padmalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Hemā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Vidyāsiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Unknown pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun
Saubhāgyavijayā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Kīrtivijayā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Sajjanājī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Sarūpā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Bhāvasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Magana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Lāvaṇyasiddhi pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Ratnasiddhi pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun
Hemasiddhi pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1605]
Vimalasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1605]
Vivekasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Mānasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1783 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1726]
Jīvasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Vinayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1783 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1726]
Lakṣmīsiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1783 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1726]
Viśālaśobhā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Prabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Dīpā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Pānavijayā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Dīpavijayā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Jasu āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Umā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Candana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Gumāna sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Ratana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Navala sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amaraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Siddha sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912]
Mativallari gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Jayalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590]
Vicitra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934]
Viśāla sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Vīra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Aśoka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934]
Tribhuvana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1936]
Raṇajīta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939]
Raṃbhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1997 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1940]
Vibudha sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1997 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1940]
Puṣpā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942]
Citaranjana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942]
Prabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942]
Prakāśa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942]
Rājendra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1944]
Jinendra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2003 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1946]
Jñāna sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Pravīṇa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1944]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1944]
Vijayendra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1945]
Devendra sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1945]
Hīrā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 2001 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1944]
Vikāsa sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2003 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1946]
Rūpaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1945]

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