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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Dharmasiṃha munivara muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa, Dariyāpurī Āṭha Koṭī Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574] . Navānagara / Jāmanagara, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1685 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1628 — 1671]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1728 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1671] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
Deva ṛṣinākara, ratnākara muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Śiva ṛṣinākara, māhāmuni, ṛṣirāya, sukhadāyaka ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1654 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1598 — 1676] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1733 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1676]
Prema muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Saṃghavī, Amarasī Jaina layperson male Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Khemarāja ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Dhanarājaśākhā
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Mahānanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Śiśumata
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1809 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1753]
Dīpacanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Megharāja vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Saṃghavī, Tejabāī Jaina layperson female Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Nānā Pakṣa
Khuśālacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Dharmasiṃgha muni (muni) Jaina monk Dhanarājaśākhā
Śuklacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha

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