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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Siddha	ṛṣi, vyākhyātṛ	sādhu (sādhu), ṛṣi (ṛṣi)	Jaina monk	Nirvṛtikula	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [905] Initiation (dīkṣā) Śrīmālapura / Bhīnamāla, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [912]
Jago			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Javanū			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
kīkā			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Somā			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Sāṃgaṇa			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Kālā			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Unknown			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha( Dvitiya)) 1357 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1300]
Kāhnada			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1361 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1304]
Pūnā			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Birth (janma): Wednesday (budhavāra) 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1361 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1304]
Lūṇī			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1361 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1304]
Kājā	vyavaharī		Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1505 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1449]
Bharamā			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka
Depāla			Jaina layperson male	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha( Dvitiya)) 1357 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1300]

Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.