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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jagamāla ṛṣi, gacchanāyaka paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494] . Nānapurā / Nānāpurā, Gujarāta, Kathiawad, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Vijayadharma prabhāvaka, śāstraviśāradajainācārya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1868] . Mahuvā / Mahuvā, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Birth (janma): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1887]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1978Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1867 — 1921]
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1943 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1886] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1922] . Śivapurī / Śivapurī, Madhya Pradeśa, India
Rāmacanda Householder male
Gaddahiyā, Lālā Dharmayaśa Jaina layperson male
Unknown Sthānakavāsin
Saravā ṛṣi, munīndra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Candraprabhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1938]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2008 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1951] . Khujanera, India
Agaracanda Jaina layperson male
Candrakalā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934] . Multāna, Pākistāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 2009 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1952] . Chāpiheḍā, India / India
Śobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1879 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1822]
Muktiśobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1868 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1811] . Deśanoka, India / India
Puṣpaśobhā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768]
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Vṛddhivijaya (Vṛddhicanda) śāntamūrti muni (muni), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Sthānakavāsin, Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Vijayaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834 — 1892]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1949 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1892] . Bhāvanagara / Bhāvanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Pratibhāprajñā mumukṣu (mumukṣu), mumukṣu (mumukṣu), samaṇī (samaṇī) Samaṇī
  1. Birth (janma): Saturday (śanivāra) 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2019 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1962] . Ṭamakora / Ṭamakora, Rājasthāna, Śekhāvāṭī, India
Kamalādevī Jaina layperson female Tapāgaccha
Bālacandra Jaina layperson male
Dhanīrāma Jaina layperson male
Nāhaṭā, Sohanalāla Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1901] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Indrū agragaṇyā (agragaṇyā) Jaina nun Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1978 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1921] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Nāhaṭā Āsakaraṇa Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907] . Momāsara, Rajasthan, Bikaner, India
Nāhaṭā Gorā Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907]
Lakṣmīpata Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Ṛddhakaraṇa Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1900]
Chogā Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Lakṣmīpata Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Dhannā Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907]
Sumeramala Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Candrāvala Jaina layperson female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
Saṃtokā Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905]
Tanasukhadāsa Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Kālāṃ Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Vṛddhicaṃda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Suganacaṃda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Caṃdrāvala Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Saṃpatarāma Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Nāthāṃ Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Mokhacaṃda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Serāṃ Jaina layperson female Terāpantha
Lakhamśī Jaina layperson male

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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.