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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Puṣpamitra sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Buddhist
  1. Birth (janma): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23]
  2. Birth (janma): 552 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [25]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 567 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [40]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 610/617Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23 — 86]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 616 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [89]
  6. Death (nirvāṇa): 610/617 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [86]
Premu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1881] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1937 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1880] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āsāḍha (āsāḍha( Prathama)) 1982 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1925] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Pāñcī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Tragaḍī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1890] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1921] . Muñdrā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Purī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1909] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1909] . Prāgapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1911] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Pārvatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Second Vaiśākha (dvitīya vaiśākha) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1915]
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1921]
Purī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1892] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Saturday (śanivāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1901] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Purī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Mokhā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (nirvāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1901] . Deshalapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India

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