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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayakīrti Jaina monk Mūlasaṃgha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1533]
Jinabhadra muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1449 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1392]
  2. Birth (janma): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1489 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1511Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1433 — 1455]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1514 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1457] . Kumbhalameru
Vijayaprabha tapāgacchanāyaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1677 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1620] . Manoharapura, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1634]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1749 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1692] . Unnatanagaraā / Unā, Hīravijayasūri Samādhi, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Kalyāṇasāgara añcalagaccheśa gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576] . Lolāḍagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Dhavalakapura
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661] . Bhujanagara
Vardhamāna lokabhāskara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1299 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1242]
Abhayadeva maladhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1142 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Jayatilaka sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Ratnākaragaccha
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Harṣacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
Merutuṅga gaccheśa sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1403 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1346] . Nāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1361]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1471 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1414]
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]
Jayakesarin gaccheśa, gaccheśvara sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404] . Śrīthāmanagara, Pāñcāladeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1418]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444 — 1483]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1542 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1485]
Dharmaghoṣa vādisiṃha-śārdūla sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1208 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1151] . Māhavapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1216 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1159]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1208 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1268Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1151 — 1211]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1268 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1211] . Ḍoṇa, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Vijayadharma sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Devasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Rūpanagara
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1841Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1784]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1785]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Bulandā, Rājasthāna, India
Ratnacandra bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1683 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1626]
Hārilla sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina, Hārilagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 943/953 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [421]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 960/970 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [438]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 943/953 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1055Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [421 — 528]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [528]
Nityacandra mahopādhyāya upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1779 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1722]
  2. Death (svargagamana): Saturday (śanivāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764]
Depāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1616 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1559] . Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, India
  2. Birth (janma) Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Meṛatā / Meṛatā, Rājasthāna, India
Harṣacandra sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1913Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1857]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1881 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1824]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1913 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1857]
Hemakalaśa gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhaśālika
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1332 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1275]
Devaratna sūri, gaccheśa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1527Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444 — 1469]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1467 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1411] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Puṇyacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha, Sādhu Pūrṇimāgaccha
Saṃyamaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
Somajaya tārkika sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1468]
Sāgaracandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1221-1249 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1178]
Harikīrti paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1563Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1468 — 1506]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Tharā, Gujarat, Banāsakaṭhā, India
Mānadeva ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 780Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [694 — 724]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
Sumatisundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438] . Velāṃgarī, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Gautamasāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Birth (janma): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1864] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2009Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884 — 1953]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1953] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Sadālābha paṇḍita Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
Bhāvavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina layperson male Jaina
Kāna svāmin muni (muni) Jaina monk Boṭāda Sampradāya, Digambara
Payajaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Vivekaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503]
Unknown sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Unknown sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha

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