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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Candraprabhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1978 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1922] . Ḍumarā / Gujarāta, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1943]
Choṭāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Rājagaṛha / Rājagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1759 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1703] . Rājasthāna, Byāvara / Rajasthan, Byāvara, India
Cāṃdakaṃvara sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Rājagaṛha / Rājagaṛha, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1937]
Chaganāṃ agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1983 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1926] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Chaganāṃ Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1920]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Chaganāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938]

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