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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Keśava	pūjya	ācārya (ācārya), muni (muni)	Jaina monk	Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618] Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618 — 1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
Tejasiṃha			Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha	Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1706 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1743 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1686]
Rūpasiṃha			Jaina monk	Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602 — 1640] Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640] . Kr̥ṣṇagaḍha / Kiśanagaḍha, Rājasthāna
Dāmodara		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1615] . Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1624 — 1640] Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640]
Varasiṃha		paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Jaina	Birth (janma): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533] . Sādaṛī, Rājasthāna, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1606Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1550] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533 — 1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
Varasiṃha	śrīpūjya	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507] . Pāṭaṇa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1587Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1531] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508 — 1567] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1567] . Stambhanaka / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
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
Jagaṛpa		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1798Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1741] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1798 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1741]
Jagajīvana		gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1771] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1771]
Kuṃvara	ṛṣi, śrīpūjya	gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa	Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1624Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1568] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1571]
Karmasiṃha		ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa	Birth (janma): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1631] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613 — 841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India

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