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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Pāñcī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1886] . Ṭoḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1885] . Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Ḍāi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1908] . Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1908] . Muñdrā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1909] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Desarī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1912] . Ṭoḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1912] . Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1923] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Gaṅgā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Birth (janma): 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Khākhara (Moṭī), Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1937] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Mīṭhī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Second Vaiśākha (dvitīya vaiśākha) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915] . Berājā / Berājā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1918]

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