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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Pratāpaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Karamāī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Candralakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Jayadarśītāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1955] . India / Madhya Pradeśa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2036 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1979]
Jayalakṣmīśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Devakuṃvara sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1904] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1975 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1919] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Udhyota sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1918 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1861]
Lakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Śiva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Deva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Puṇya sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1915 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1858] . Jaisalamera
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Saddāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Rūpaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1897] . Śeraḍī / Śeraḍī, Gujarata, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Rataḍiyā / Rataḍiyā (nānā), Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2032 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1976] . Koṭaḍā / Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Jagataśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1886] . Gundālā / Gundālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1943] . Devapura / Devapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): Monday (somavāra) 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966]
Suvarṇa sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1870] . Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi) / Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi), Mahārāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1946 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1889]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]
Jñānā mahāsatī
Hemasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Padmasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
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
Divyaguṇā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Smitaprajñā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2017 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1960]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2051 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1994]
Hemarekhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma): 2027 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1970]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2041 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1984]
Suranjanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1936] . Pādarā, India / India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1955]
Siddhānjanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina layperson female
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]
Candrakalā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Multāna, Pākistāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1952] . Chāpiheḍā, India / India
Sulocanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Sāśanaprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Nīlāñjanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Prajñājanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Dīptiprajñā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Nītiprajñā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Vibhānjānā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Bhāvasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Jayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Dhana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Magana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Jīta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Hastī Jaina nun
Vidhyā Jaina nun
Dāna Jaina nun
Bhānu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina layperson female
Hīrā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nācaṇagānva, India / Nācaṇagānva, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Jasavanta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Manamohana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Akṣayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768] . Bhuṃbhā Daḍā, India / India
Lāvaṇyasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Mativijayā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Rūpavijayā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Jasu āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Umā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Candana sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Gumāna sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Ghenamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Phattū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Ratnā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Cenā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Lādhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Amṛtā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya

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