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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Jinacandra paramavara sūri (sūri), gacchapati (gacchapati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Kharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538] . Vaḍalīgrāma (near Timarīnagara)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613] . Venātaṭa
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Bhānucandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1747]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1815 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1759] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1803 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1837Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1747 — 1781]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1837 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1781] . Vīramagāma, Gujarāta, India / Vīramagāma, Gujarāta, India
Mohanalāla Jaina layperson male Vijayaśākhā
Jayacandra sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1633]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1661 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1605] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1643 — 1643]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1699 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1643]
Tulasī gaṇādhipati ācārya (ācārya), yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya), gaṇādhipati (gaṇādhipati) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1914] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1982 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1925] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2054 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1997] . Gaṅgāśahara, Tulasī Śakti Pīṭha / Gaṅgāśahara, Tulasī Śakti Pīṭha, Rājasthāna, India
Javāhara yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Javāharalāla Sampradāya (Sādhumārgī, Hukamīcandra Sampradāya 1 a)
  1. Birth (janma): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875] . Thāndalā, Mālavā, Madhya Pradeśa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1948 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1891] . Pañcamahala, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875 — 1943] . Bhīnāsara / Bhīnāsara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2000 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1943] . Bhīnāsara / Bhīnāsara, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Amarasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya), Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805] . Amṛtasara / Amṛtasara, Pañjāba, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1899 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1842]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1898 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1841]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1938 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1881]
Mahāprajña lokamānya maharṣi, mahātmā, dharma cakravartī, jainayogapunaruddhāraka sādhu (sādhu), yuvācārya (yuvācārya), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma) Ṭamakora / Ṭamakora, Rājasthāna, Śekhāvāṭī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā) Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India

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