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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. 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
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Keśava pūjya ācārya (ācārya), muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618 — 1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
Tejasiṃha Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1706 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1686]
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]
Rūpasiṃha Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602 — 1640]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640] . Kr̥ṣṇagaḍha / Kiśanagaḍha, Rājasthāna
Dāmodara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1615] . Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1624 — 1640]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640]
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
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Śiva ṛṣinākara, māhāmuni, ṛṣirāya, sukhadāyaka ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1598 — 1676] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1676]
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]
Tulasī gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Phālguna (phālguna) 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1721]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jagajīvana gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1771]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1771]
Trilokāsiṃha gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Jivarāja Jaina layperson male Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Bhāgacandra pūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1703] . Kaccha, Gujarāta, India / Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1805Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1748] . Śaktipura, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1748] . Śaktipura, India
Vālācanda pūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1718]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1829Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1748]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1829 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1748] . Sāṃcīhara / Sāṃcaura, Rājasthāna, India
Mūlacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1849 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1792]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1876Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1819] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1819] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Saṃghavī, Tejabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Karmasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1631]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613 — 841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Śivā Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Navaraṅgade Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Raṃbhā Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Tejabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Sujaṇabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Ajabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Nānnabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa

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