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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ratnaśekhara bālasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1457 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1400]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1516Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1459]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1463 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1406]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1517 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1460]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454]
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Rāmakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Birth (janma): 827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [770]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [784]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 878 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [821]
Rājendrasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Māṇḍavīvindara
Rakṣita daśapūrvin sādhu (sādhu), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna), sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Brāhmaṇa
  1. Birth (janma): 522 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-5] . Daśapura
  2. Birth (janma): 573 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [46]
  3. Birth (janma): 544 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [17]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 533 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [6]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [93]
  6. Initiation (dīkṣā): 544 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [17]
  7. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 522 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 597Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-5 — 70]
  8. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 597 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [70]
  9. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 557 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [30]
  10. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57]
Rājasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1721 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1664]
Rāmabakṣa paṇḍita, ratna ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1883 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1826] . Alavara / Alavara, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1851] . Jayapura / Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1883 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1939/1938Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1826 — 1882]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1939 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1882] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
Rāmacandra tapasvin Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1863]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1897]
Ratnākara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Ratnākaragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1293]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1384 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1328]
Rāmalāla paṇḍita
  1. Birth (janma) Sunāma / Sunāma, Dādābāṛī, Pañjāba, India
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1870 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1813] . Sunāma / Sunāma, Dādābāṛī, Pañjāba, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Āśvina (āśvina) 1808 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Āśvina (āśvina) 1808Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841 — 1841]
Rājacandra sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1606 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1549] . Jāṃbū, Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1606 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1669Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1549 — 1612]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1570]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1612] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Ratnasāgara sūri (sūri), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Mothārāgrāma, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1905 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1849]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871]
Ratnavijaya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1594 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1537]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1619]
Rāmanātha Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1916 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1859]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938] . Rohataka
Rāmasvarūpa Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1885]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1898]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 2014 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1957] . Nābhā
Rūpasiṃha Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602]
  2. 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]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640] . Kr̥ṣṇagaḍha / Kiśanagaḍha, Rājasthāna

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