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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Vijayasiṃha muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1597]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587 — 1652]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652] . Navīnapura (Navāpurā), Gujarat, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1709 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1652]
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
Jinaratna sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614] . Serūṇāgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1684 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1627]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1614 — 1654]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654] . Akavvarāvāda
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]
Vijayasena kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, savāīguru, savāīhīra, bhaṭṭārakacakravartin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1547] . Nāradapurī
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1614]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1615] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Akhairāma Jaina monk Sthānakavāsin
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1824 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1767]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1824 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1767]
Kamalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
  2. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1945] . Mandasaura / Mālvā
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
Saṃgharāja śrutasāha Jaina layperson male
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]
Dharmalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1890 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1833]
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]
Sukharāma muni (muni), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina monk Potiyābandha, Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 1789 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1732] . Lohāvaṭa / Lohāvaṭa, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1822 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1765] . Kheravā / Kheravā, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Rāyakuṃvara sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Khemacanda Kavāḍa
Jaḍāvabāī
Gulābacanda Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1781 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1724]
Patā Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Hemā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Saṃsāracanda Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Devarāja Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sonapāla Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Surapati Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Pratāpasiṃha Jaina layperson male
Kallumala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Dhanasukhadāsa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1878]
Cautālhaṇa Jaina layperson male
Ajaya Jaina layperson male
Rājā Jaina layperson male
Rāyamalla Jaina layperson male
Āsadhīra Jaina layperson male
Āsā Jaina layperson male
Yogā Jaina layperson male
Śrīkumāra Jaina layperson male
Unknown Jaina layperson male Jaina
Ratanā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Narasiṃha Jaina layperson male
Bihārīlāla Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1896 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1839]
Dharaṇi Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332]
Thirapāla ṛṣi ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Terāpantha
  1. Birth (janma): 1785 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1728] . Laṃbiyā, Rājasthāna, Māravāra, India
Baida,Nagajī Jaina layperson male Digambara
Muktiśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1967 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1911] . Sāndhava / Sāndhava, Gujarāta, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1924] . Gujarāta, Jasāpur (abaḍāsā), India
Seṭhiyā Agaracaṃda Jaina layperson male
Ḍūṁgaśa Jaina layperson male
Ugama Jaina layperson male
Hemā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Kānharamala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Guṇarāja mantrī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
Mihapāla mantrī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
Gayaṇā Jaina layperson male
Nānālāla ācārya ācārya (ācārya)
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1920] . Medapāṭa / Dāntā, Mevāḍa, Rājasthāna
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
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
Yogīdāsa Jaina layperson male
Mannālāla Jaina layperson male
Bālacandra Jaina layperson male
Dhanīrāma Jaina layperson male
Gaṃgā Householder female
Surāṇā, Śivadāsa Householder male Hindu
Mūlībāī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Nāna Jaina layperson male
Vīra Jaina layperson male
Baida, Raṃbhā Jaina layperson female
Lakṣmaṇadāsa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Melāī Jaina layperson male
Sāmanta Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Lakṣmaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Nayaṇā Jaina layperson male
Premacandra bābū Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1896 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1839]
Nayaśri sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Mānaḍaṇa Jaina layperson male
Nathamalajī Jaina layperson male
Uḍaka Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Kammā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Suhaḍā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Līlā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Amarī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Nāthū Jaina layperson male
Canū Jaina layperson female
Mura Jaina layperson male
Hira Jaina layperson female
Ḍāhyā
Lakhamśī Jaina layperson male
Candra Jaina layperson male
Kelī Jaina layperson female
Pratāpasiṃha Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1863]
Sājaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Lālā Jamanādāsa Jaina layperson male
Mīlā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Tolhā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Paī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1518 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1461]
Madā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Vālahade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Kṣemā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Selakhū Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1456]
Māṇikacanda śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1776 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1719]
Māṇikadavī Jaina layperson female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1776 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1719]

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