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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Śiva ṛṣinākara, māhāmuni, ṛṣirāya, sukhadāyaka ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1598 — 1676] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1676]
Keśava ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1676 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1620]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1631]
Sukhamala gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1727 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1670]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1739 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1682]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1727 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1763Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1670 — 1706] . Dhorājī, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭrā, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1763 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1706] . Dhorājī, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭrā, India
Bhāgacandra pūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1703] . Kaccha, Gujarāta, India / Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1805Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1748] . Śaktipura, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1748] . Śaktipura, India
Vālācanda pūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1718]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1829Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1748]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1829 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1748] . Sāṃcīhara / Sāṃcaura, Rājasthāna, India
Mānekacanda gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1815 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1758] . Māṇḍavī, Gujarat, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1854Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1797] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1854 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1797] . Jaisalamera
Mūlacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1849 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1792]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1876Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1819] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1876 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1819] . Jaisalamera, Rājasthāna, India
Jagatacanda ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1899Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1842]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1899 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1842]
Kuṃvara ṛṣi, śrīpūjya gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1545]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1624Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1568]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1571]
Saṃgharāja ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1705 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1632 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1686Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1576 — 1630]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1662]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1755 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1699] . Āgarā / Āgarā, Uttara Pradeśa, 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.