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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayasiṃha muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1597]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587 — 1652]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] . Navīnapura (Navāpurā), Gujarat, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
Kalyāṇasāgara añcalagaccheśa gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576] . Lolāḍagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Dhavalakapura
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661] . Bhujanagara
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]
Vajra svāmin, daśapūrvin, jātismara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āryavajraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31] . Tumbavanagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 500 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-27]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 504 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-23]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 584Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31 — 57]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57] . Rathāvartagiri
Devarddhi vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1006Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453 — 479]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1006 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [479]
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]

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