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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Pramodaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907] Death (mṛtyu): 2039 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1982] . Bāṛamera / Bāṛamera, Rajasthan, India
Anubhava		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Śājāpura, India / Śājāpura, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922] Death (mṛtyu): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 2043 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1986]
Hemaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Death (mṛtyu): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2046 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1989] . Rājasthāna, Saindhava / India
Manohara		sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Lohāvaṭa, India / India Death (mṛtyu): 2062 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [2005] . Nāgapura / Nāgapura, Mahārāṣṭra, India
Hīrā		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nācaṇagānva, India / Nācaṇagānva, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India Death (mṛtyu): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1942] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Vimalasiddhi		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Death (mṛtyu): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1605]
Puṇya		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1915 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1858] . Jaisalamera Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874] Death (mṛtyu): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Śiva		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875] Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Deva		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893] Death (mṛtyu): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Prema		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897] Death (mṛtyu): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1954]
Jñānaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1885] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Initiation (dīkṣā): 1955 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1898] Death (mṛtyu): 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1966] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Jñānaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904] Death (mṛtyu): 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939]
Upayogaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917] Death (mṛtyu): 2016 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1959] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Suvarṇa		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1870] . Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi) / Ahamadanagara, Ānanda Dhāma (Samādhi), Mahārāṣṭra, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1946 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1889] Death (mṛtyu): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]
Vicakṣaṇaśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī)	Jaina nun	Bṛhatkharataragaccha	Birth (janma): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Amarāvatī, India / Amarāvatī, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1924] . Pīpāḍa, India / Pīpāḍa Death (mṛtyu): 2037 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1980] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India

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