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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]
Jinavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1111]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
Vijayānanda tapāgacchanāyaka muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Rohā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585 — 1655]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1655] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Kulamaṇḍana gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Caitra (caitra) 1455Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352 — 1398]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1399]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1398]
Gajasāra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Labdhisāgara kṛṣṇasarasvatī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1500]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1565Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1508]
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]
Dharmasāgara vādin, granthakāra, tārkikacakracūḍāmaṇi, vidvān yati (yati), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1522 — 1596]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Pārśvacandra paṇḍita upādhyāya (upādhyāya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480] . Hamīrapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1480 — 1555]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1546 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1489]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1555] . Yorapura
Samaracandra nirgranthacūḍāmaṇi sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1504]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1519]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1504 — 1570]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1569] . Ṣambhā
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1570] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Vimalaharṣa vācakaśiromaṇi, vācakendra gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Vijayasena kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, savāīguru, savāīhīra, bhaṭṭārakacakravartin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] . Nāradapurī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1615] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Sādhuraṅga pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1530]
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Vīrabhadra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhānumeru paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Gaṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina
Gajavijaya paṇḍita, budha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Vīravijaya paṇḍita, mahārāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1701 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1644]
Yaśovijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
Jinavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Somā ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Āṇanda ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Ramā Jaina monk
Māhāva Jaina monk
Sāmyasamudra paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
Kulaharṣa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Kalyāṇasāra paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Dharmasundara sādhu (sādhu), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Nagarṣi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kuśalavardhana paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1620 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1564]
Nārāyaṇa muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhāramalla muni (muni) Jaina monk
Nayasiṃgha paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Vasnā sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Dūdā ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Sundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Sumatiruci gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Vivekaratna gaccheśa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Jivavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jayarāja ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Tattvakuśala paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Guṇasāra paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāritravallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Māṇikyasaubhāgya paṇḍita Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Phattesaubhāgya muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Hari muni (muni) Jaina monk
Prema ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Vīra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Jagā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Vālajī ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Ratnacandra vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Āṇanda muni (muni) Jaina monk
Khemasundara ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk
Lakṣmībhuvana gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jayavallabha vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk
Lalitasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
Vinayasoma paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Gāṅgā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Lālā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Bālacandra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Śivanidhāna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
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]
Jinamāṇikya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Ratanavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Śrīpati ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Bhāṃlabdhi upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk
Jayaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown ṛṣi ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1686]
Devatilaka pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
Harṣavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Kalyāṇadhīra paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk
Municandra sūrīśvara, bhaṭṭārakadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Vīra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Sādhuvijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.