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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Padmavijaya		gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Saṃvijñatapāśākhā	Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1792 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1735] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1858Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1757 — 1801] Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1748] Death (mahāprayāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Avalabāī			Jaina layperson female	Jaina
Vastā			Jaina layperson male	Jaina
Rūpacanda			Jaina layperson male	Jaina
Lādhā			Jaina layperson male	Jaina
Jinarāja	jagadguru		Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1793]
Vijayadharma	prabhāvaka, śāstraviśāradajainācārya	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Vijayaśākhā	Birth (janma): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1868] . Mahuvā / Mahuvā, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India Birth (janma): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1887] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1978Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867 — 1921] Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1943 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1886] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1922] . Śivapurī / Śivapurī, Madhya Pradeśa, India
Muktivijaya (Mūlacanda)		muni (muni), muni (saṃvegīmuni), gaṇin (gaṇin)	Jaina monk	Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Vijayaśākhā, Vijayaśākhā	Birth (janma): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1829] . Syālakoṭa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1845] . Gujarāṃvālā Initiation (dīkṣā): 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1855] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1945Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1829 — 1888] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1845] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1855] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1945 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1888] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Dosā			Jaina layperson male	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1843 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1786]
Vohara, Devasī			Jaina layperson male	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1848 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1791]
Tulasī		gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Initiation (dīkṣā): Phālguna (phālguna) 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1721] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1788 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1732] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Jayadarśītāśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1955] . India / Madhya Pradeśa, India Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2036 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1979]
Bhāvasiṃha,			Householder male		Death (svargagamana): 1820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1764]
Lakṣmīvijaya		sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina
Vṛddhivijaya (Vṛddhicanda)	śāntamūrti	muni (muni), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Sthānakavāsin, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Vijayaśākhā	Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834 — 1892] Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1892] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India

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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.