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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Anupamā devī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Nāraṅgadi Jaina layperson female Jaina
Samayaśrī mahattarā mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1220 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1163]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Padmasiddhi gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun
Mānasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Premasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1671 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1614]
Rājasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Bhāgasiddhi gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Kīrtilakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Lāḍamadevī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Vimalasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1588]
Jayalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1647 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1590]
Padmā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Mohaṇade āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Lālabāī āryā (āryā) Jaina nun
Ratanāṃ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Vījāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Ratnacūlā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Karmādevī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1472 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1416]
Caṇḍi devī Non-Jaina mendicant Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [110]
Hara Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1731 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1675]
Sarūpi Jaina layperson female Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1587]
Lāḍakī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Pūnī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1570]
Lālī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1673 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1617]
Cūlā mahattarā, gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Guṇasundari Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [868]
Ruḍībāī Jaina layperson female Lauṃkāgaccha
Unknown
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 40 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-487]
Sarasvatī āryikā (āryikā) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 453 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 466Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-74 — -61] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Vimalāde Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1705 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1649]
Lakṣmīsrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Puñjā Jaina layperson female
Phūlā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Vimalāde Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Thobhaṇade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Padminī Householder female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1351 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1295] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
Jhumā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Karamam Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1548]
Menakā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1548]
Rūpā Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1548]
Hemaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1588]
Śivāde Jaina layperson female Lauṃkāgaccha
Lakṣmī
Udayasuṃdarī Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1871 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1815]
Śrīmānabāī Jaina layperson female
Vāyajabāi Jaina layperson female
Devakī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Amarā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Sumatalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Saccikā
Vivekalakṣamī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1596]
Dharmalakṣamī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1596]
Aṃbavī Unknown Hindu, Jaina
Vālahā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Pūrābāī mumukṣu (mumukṣu) Jaina nun Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Ajāī mumukṣu (mumukṣu) Jaina nun Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Dhanakuṃvara Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Nāṃnī Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Ratana Jaina layperson female Jaina
Premaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1804]
Ajabaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Rāmābāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1638 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1582]
Vimalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Kesara Jaina layperson female
Ratnā Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1641]
Gaṃgāī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1744]
Līlāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1628 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1571]
Kesā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1724]
Premalakṣamī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1735 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1679]
Anopo Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1778 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1722]
Lālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Motīkī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Suhedī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1662]
Kesara
Anopā
Sārā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1782 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1726]
Sākara Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1786 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1730]
Phata Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1888 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1832]
Lālabāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1695 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1639]
Vīrām Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1746 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1690]
Pūri Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Māṇikya sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Prema sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Māṇika Jaina layperson female
Ratnarekhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1937] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2010 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1953] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Jasodā Jaina layperson female
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1634]
Pūtalū Jaina layperson female Tapāgaccha
Malū Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1909 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1853]
Cāṃpā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Jīvā Jaina layperson female Jaina
Teja sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Kaccha Āṭha Koṭī Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Vaḍālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 30 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1943] . Bāroī, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Dhamalade Jaina layperson female Jaina
Lādhī Jaina layperson female
Nandū āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Jaina
Candanā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Jaina
Cimanā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Jagasā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1723]
Dīpā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā

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