Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.
Click on a name to view the corresponding Person Record. You can change the order of people by clicking on the column headings (Generic Name, Epithet etc).
You can refine the list of people by using the Filters on the left. You can also display statistical information about aspects of the people by clicking on the links to Bar and Bubble charts on the left.
Life Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].
| Generic Name | Epithet | Position | Religious Status | Religious Affiliation | Life Dates |
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| Yaśovijaya | mahopādhyāya, prakāṇḍavidvāna, nyāyaviśārada | vācaka (vācaka), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) | Jaina monk | Saṃvijñatapāśākhā |
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| Hemacandra | kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru | muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) | Jaina monk | Candragaccha |
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| Jinalābha | sūri (sūri), muni (muni) | Jaina monk | Bṛhatkharataragaccha |
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| Siddha | ṛṣi, vyākhyātṛ | sādhu (sādhu), ṛṣi (ṛṣi) | Jaina monk | Nirvṛtikula |
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| Dayātilaka | paṇḍita | sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) | Jaina monk | Kharataragaccha |
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Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.