You are here: Home > Browse People

Browse

Browse People

Click on a name to view the corresponding Person Record. You can change the order of people by clicking on the column headings (Generic Name, Epithet etc).

You can refine the list of people by using the Filters on the left. You can also display statistical information about aspects of the people by clicking on the links to Bar and Bubble charts on the left.

Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].

Filter Results

Showing 1 to 23 of 23 results

Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinadatta vidhipoṣaṇa, moṭādādā muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1132 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1075] . Dhūndhaka
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1132 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1211Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1075 — 1154]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1211 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1154] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Jinapati sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1218 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1161] . Śāhajahānābāda / Dillī, Delhi, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1277Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153 — 1220]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1277 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1220] . Prahlādanapura
Vijayadāna pāṭavī sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1496] . Jāmalāgrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1610Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1502 — 1554]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565] . Vaṭapallī
Jinabhadra muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1449 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1392]
  2. Birth (janma): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1489 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1511Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1433 — 1455]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1514 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1457] . Kumbhalameru
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Jinahaṃsa paṭṭālaṅkāra, gacchādhirāja, Gaṇādhipa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467] . Sevā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
  3. 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]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1525] . Pāṭaṇa
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Hemavimala paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Vijayatilaka sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1579] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1635 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1579 — 1619]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1619] . Śivapurī / Sirohī, Rājasthāna, India
Vimala sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1088 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1032] . Candrāvatī / Bhīmapallīpura, Rājasthāna, Māravāṛa, India
Jinarāja cakravartin, kharataragaccheśa, bhagavān muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590 — 1642]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1642]
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Āryarakṣita muni (muni), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sārdhapaurṇimīyakamata, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079] . Dantāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1236Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079 — 1179]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1236 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1179]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Jinodaya sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1382 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1325]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1382 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1325]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1432Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318 — 1375]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1432 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1375]
Bhāvaharṣa sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bhāvaharṣīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1593 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1537]
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. 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
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Jinasamudra sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Ādyapakṣīyaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1449] . Bāhaḍameru
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1521 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1464]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1555Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1449 — 1498]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
Varasiṃha paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533] . Sādaṛī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1606Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1550]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533 — 1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
Varasiṃha śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507] . Pāṭaṇa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1587Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1531]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508 — 1567] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1567] . Stambhanaka / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Raṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), muni (muni), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Raṅgavijayakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1678 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1621] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
Vastupāla Jaina layperson male Nāgendragaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1298 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1241]
Bhīma deva, rāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1078 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1120Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1022 — 1064] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta

SOAS University of London

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.

The Leverhulme Trust

Partners

Copyright and Data

The Jaina Prosopography Database is publicly available and free at the point of access. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, provided this publication is acknowledged.

Banner Image

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