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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Haribhadra siddhāntakāra, dārśanikavicāraka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1055 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [528]
Jineśvara kharatara, syādvādinām agraṇī, suvihitamunijanamukhya muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Candragaccha
Siddhasena divākara muni (muni) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
Kālaka ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Saṃpalita ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhadra ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Phalgumitra sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Vṛddha Jaina monk
Saṃghapālita ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Śamita sthavira ārya (ārya) Jaina monk Brahmadvīpikāśākhā
Indrabhūti kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -551 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-608] . Gobaragrāma, Magadha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-515] . Rājagṛha
Siṃhagiri jātismaraṇajñānavān, sthavira vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Śrīgṛhasaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 547-548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [20]
Dhanapāla siddhasārasvatakavi Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma) Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1029 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [973] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Vasubhūti Hindu
Śobhana muni (muni) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [973] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [973]
Soma Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1050-1100 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1018]
Jñānasammandhara Householder male Hindu
  1. Birth (janma) Chiyali / Sīrakāṛī, Tamil Nāḍu, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1886 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1829]
Yaśobhadra śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 98 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 148Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-429 — -379]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 148 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-379]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 148 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-379]
Rādhākiśana paṇḍita Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma) Udayapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905] . Udayapura
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1941] . Buḍhalāḍā Maṇḍī
Devarṣi
Maṇḍita sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Vimala muni Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1924] . Kupa Kalāṁ
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1996Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1940 — 1940] . Syālakoṭa
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2066 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2009]
Tulasīrāma
Agnibhūti anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Jāvaḍa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Unknown Householder male Hindu
Somila Householder male Hindu
Naravarma Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [413]
Somadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456] . Mathurā
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 525Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456 — 469]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [469]
Śravaṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
Suprabha Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [763]
Rāvatamala vidvān Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919] . Pulāsara / Pulāsara, Rājasthāna, India
Puruṣottama Householder male Brāhmaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514]
Dave, Sura Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1599]
Dave, Aṃbāvīdāsa Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1599]
Sudharman svāmin, kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri), chadmastha (chadmastha), kevalin (kevalin), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-607] . Kollākagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 20Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526 — -507]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 20 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-507]
Śayyambhava śrutakevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma) Rājagṛha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 98Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463 — -429]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 98 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-429]
Jagannātha paṇḍitarāja Householder male Vaiṣṇava
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1707 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1650]
Pṛthvī Householder female
Ponna kavicakravartin Householder female Hindu
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1007 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [950]
Nāgamayya Householder male Hindu
Jeśaṅkara Householder male Brāhmaṇa
Mūla Householder male Brāhmaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1569]
Jodharāja yati (yati) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1899] . Śiṣyoṃ / Śiṣyoṃ, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 2026Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1899 — 1969] . Cūrū / Rājasthāna, Bhārata

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