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.
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].
| Generic Name | Epithet | Position | Religious Status | Religious Affiliation | Life Dates |
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| Jinadatta | vidhipoṣaṇa, moṭādādā | muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Hemacandra | kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru | muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Candragaccha |
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| Śānti | vādivetāla, kavīndra, vādicakrin | sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) | Jaina monk | Thārāpadragaccha, Khaṇḍillagaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Bṛhadgaccha, Thārāpadragaccha |
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| Siddhasena | divākara | muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Vidyādharaśākhā |
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| Merutuṅga | gaccheśa | sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) | Jaina monk | Añcalagaccha |
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| Bhrātṛcandra | mahāpratāpī, siddhāntapāragāmī, saṃvegaraṃgaraṃjita | ācārya (ācārya) | Jaina monk | Pārśvacandragaccha |
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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.