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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Balissaha	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, sthavira	sūri (sūri), gaṇācārya (gaṇācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya)	Jaina monk	Uttarabalissahagaṇa	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [273] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-198]
Bhadragupta	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99 — 6] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 454-493 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-54] Initiation (dīkṣā): 449 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-78] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 553 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [26]
Vajra	svāmin, daśapūrvin, jātismara	sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Āryavajraśākhā	Birth (janma): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31] . Tumbavanagrāma Birth (janma): 500 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-27] Initiation (dīkṣā): 504 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-23] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 496 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 584Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-31 — 57] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57] . Rathāvartagiri
Rakṣita	daśapūrvin	sādhu (sādhu), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna), sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Jaina, Brāhmaṇa	Birth (janma): 522 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-5] . Daśapura Birth (janma): 573 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [46] Birth (janma): 544 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [17] Initiation (dīkṣā): 533 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [6] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [93] Initiation (dīkṣā): 544 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [17] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 522 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 597Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-5 — 70] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 597 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [70] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 557 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [30] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57]
Guṇasundara	daśapūrvin	sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 235 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-292] Initiation (dīkṣā): 259 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-268] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 235 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 335Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-292 — -192] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
Kṣatriya	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Proṣṭhila	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Jayasena	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Skandila	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, yugapradhāna	ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Vidyādharaśākhā	Birth (janma): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221] Initiation (dīkṣā): 328 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-199] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 306 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-221 — -113] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 414 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-113]
Nāgasena	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Siddhārtha	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina
Sudharman	daśapūrvin		Jaina monk	Digambara
Gaṅgadeva	daśapūrvin		Jaina monk	Jaina
Śyāmārya	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā	ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Śvetāmbara	Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247] Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Dharma	daśapūrvin	sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 392 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-135] Initiation (dīkṣā): 406 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-121] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 392 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 494Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-135 — -33] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 454 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-73] Death (nirvāṇa): 494 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-33]
Revatīmitra	daśapūrvin	sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 352 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-175] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 414-450 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-95] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 352 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 450Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-175 — -77]
Bahula	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-277] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 325Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-277 — -202] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 325 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-202]
Raṅgadeva	daśapūrvin	ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 200 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-327]

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.