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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Akalaṅka deva, traividyadeva, bhaṭṭa, svāmin bhikṣu (bhikkhu), muni (muni), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa, Buddhist, Deśīgaṇa
  1. Birth (janma) Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 710 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [788]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 777 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [855]
Vidyāsāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Candrakula
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1691] . Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1756 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1700]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1797 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1740]
Jīvarāja bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617]
Bhāvadeva sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547]
Vivekasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1911 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1855]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1863]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1892]
Jinavijaya muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1690]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1753 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1696]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1797Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1690 — 1740]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1797 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1740] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
Jinakirti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1715] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1819Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1715 — 1762]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1819 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1762]
Jinayukta muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1746]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1747]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1823Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1746 — 1766]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1823 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1766]
Jinahema muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1866 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1809]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1883 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1826]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1897 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1840]

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