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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
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
Rūpa	ṛṣi	muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486] Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
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]
Ātmārāma		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk		Birth (janma): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1939 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1882] Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1902] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1962] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1962]
Vīradhavala	mahāmaṇḍaleśvara		Householder male		Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1282 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1294Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1226 — 1238] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta Death (mṛtyu): 1294/1295 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1238]

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