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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Jayakesarin	gaccheśa, gaccheśvara	sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gaccheśa (gaccheśa)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1461 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1404] . Śrīthāmanagara, Pāñcāladeśa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1418] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444 — 1483] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1542 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1485]
Siddhāntasāgara	gacchādhirāja	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1506 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1449] . Śāla Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1556Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1492 — 1499] . Vaṭapadrapura / Vaḍodarā Initiation (dīkṣā): 1512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1456] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1503]
Guṇanidhāna	gaccheśvara, vidhipakṣapa	sūri (sūri), gacchādhīśvara (gacchādhīśvara)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha, Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1492] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1600Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1530 — 1544] Initiation (dīkṣā) Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1602 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1545]
Jayakīrti		gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaccheśa (gaccheśa)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 1433 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1376] . Timarīnagara Initiation (dīkṣā): 1444 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1387] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1481 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1425] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1431 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1500Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1375 — 1443] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Bhāvasāgara	munīśvara, gurūttama	gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Goyarakṣaśākhā	Birth (janma): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1453] . Narasāṇīgrāma, Māravāḍa Initiation (dīkṣā): 1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1463] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1570Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1514] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1527]
Srī		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1481Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1361 — 1425]
Śrī		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha
Unknown		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Guṇasundara			Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha
Dharmamuni	saṃgharika	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha
Yaśodeva		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Añcalagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Jayadarśītāśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1955] . India / Madhya Pradeśa, India Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2036 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1979]
Mokṣaguṇāśrī		sādhvī (sādhvī)	Jaina nun	Añcalagaccha	Birth (janma): 2035 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1979] Initiation (dīkṣā): 2035 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1979] . Goregaon, Maharāṣṭrā, India
Cāmpā			Jaina layperson male	Añcalagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]
Sāha, Sīpā	sāha, suśravaka		Jaina layperson male	Añcalagaccha
Malhāī			Jaina layperson female	Añcalagaccha

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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.