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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Śānticandra	vidyāguru	vācaka (vācaka), muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Hīravijaya	paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna	sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Bhānucandra		gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1550]
Jinahaṃsa	paṭṭālaṅkāra, gacchādhirāja, Gaṇādhipa	sūri (sūri), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467] . Sevā Initiation (dīkṣā): 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1556 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1579Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1499 — 1522] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1525] . Pāṭaṇa
Kamalakalaśa	sahastrāvadhānī	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Kamalakalaśaśākhā	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Śāntisāgara		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Ācāryīyakharataraśākhā	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507]
Sūrācārya		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Nirvṛtikula	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Della	mahattara	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Nirvṛtikula
Jīva	ṛṣi		Jaina monk	Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523] Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Sumatisādhu		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437] . Jāura(Jāvara), Rājasthāna, India Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437] . Velāṃgarī, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1551Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438 — 1495] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1491] . Pañcalāsagrāma, Gujarat, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1551 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1494] . Khamaṇūra, India
Somavimala	śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī	sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570] Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517] Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Saubhāgyaharṣa		sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati)	Jaina monk	Jaina, Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]

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