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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Sādhukīrti vādīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha, Jinabhadrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Munisundara kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381]
  2. Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
Ratnacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617]
Padmavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1792 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1735]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1858Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1757 — 1801]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1805 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1748]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1862 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1805]
Somasundara tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1418 — 1453]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Samayasundara vācanācārya, kavirāya, vācanakalāvikalāniṣṇāta, tarkavyākṛtisāhityajyoti, samayatatvavid gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
Dharmasāgara vādin, granthakāra, tārkikacakracūḍāmaṇi, vidvān yati (yati), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1579 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1522 — 1596]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1595 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1538]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1653 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1596]
Jñānasāra paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1860-1880 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1813]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670-1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1648]
Uttamavijaya muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saṃvijñatapāśākhā, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1760 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1703]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1799 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1742]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1796 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1739]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1827 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1770]
Devacandra paṇḍita, mahārāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Yaśaḥsoma guru gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1618]
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Sahajaratna Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Rājacandra sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1606 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1549] . Jāṃbū, Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1606 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1669Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1549 — 1612]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1570]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1612] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Sūracandra Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1613]
Kuśaladhīra upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina, Kharataragaccha
Jayacandra kṛṣṇasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, bhāratī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1502 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1505Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1445 — 1448]
Padmamandira gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
Nanna ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Koraṇṭagaccha, Nannācārya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
Sumatiraṅga paṇḍita paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1706 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1649]
Śivanidhāna mahopādhyāya upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Hemarāja sāha, paṇḍita Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1726 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1669]
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Tattvahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1763]
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Nāraṅgadi Jaina layperson female Jaina
Unknown
Yaśovijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
Saṃvegadeva gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1473]
Tārācanda Jaina monk
Udayanandi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Māṇakacanda
Bhagavānalāla Householder male
Vimalakīrti sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Kanakasundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Guṇasena sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
Sakhīdāsa Householder male
Māṇikyasundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Padmasundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Jñānamūrti Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Lakṣmīsrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Vibudhavimala sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vimalaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1798 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1814Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1742 — 1758]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1814 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1758] . Auraṅgabāda / Auraṅgabāda, Mahārāṣṭra, India
Dharmaratna sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
Unknown Jaina monk Sāgaraśākhā
Unknown Jaina monk Sāgaraśākhā
Rājahaṃsa mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Guṇaharṣa gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Unknown
Unknown
Śrīpāla ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Savasī paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599]
Prītasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Meghasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Dhanavimala paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1694 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1638]
Satyābdhi muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Vijayaśekhara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Śrutasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Hīracandra upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Khuśālavijaya muni (muni), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1785]
Vivekahansa sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1610 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1554]
Kṣemarāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kamalalābha muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Kṣemāvaraddhana muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kapuravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Pitāṃbara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Unknown(1) Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown(2) Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
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Vora, Keśava Jaina layperson male
Unknown Unknown
Ratnadhīra muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Unknown Unknown Jaina
Padmasundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Paramā sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
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
Maticandra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Motīrāma Jaina layperson male Jaina
Kalyāṇacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Vivekaratna bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Bhaṭṭāraka Jaina
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Lākhā
Sukhanidhāna vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1673 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1617]
Candradharma gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Unknown, scribe Unknown
Jasaharṣa muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Dalīcanda Jaina
Sukhahema gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Sukhavilāsa paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Jaina
Unknown Jaina
Unknown Jaina

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