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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Munisundara	kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381] Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
Kulamaṇḍana		gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1409 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Caitra (caitra) 1455Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1352 — 1398] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360] Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1399] Death (mahāprayāṇa): Caitra (caitra) 1455 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1398]
Somasundara	tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri	sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1418 — 1453] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Guṇaratna	munīndra		Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha
Yaśobhadra		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Nāgendragaccha, Harṣapurīyagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1182 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1125]
Jinasāgara	gaccheśvara	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Kharataragaccha, Pippalakharataraśākhā	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1492 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1435] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1428] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1510Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1428 — 1453]
Tejapāla	sāha		Jaina monk	Kaṭukagaccha	Birth (janma): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1646Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554 — 1590] Death (mṛtyu): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1590]
Sumativijaya		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Mūrtipūjaka	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1633]
Munideva		gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1509 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1452]
Nagarṣi		gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha
Sumatiśekhara		muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Pallīvālagaccha
Mahimāśrī	mahattara	sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Añcalagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1445 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1471Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1388 — 1414] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1445 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1471Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1388 — 1414]

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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.