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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Devasundara	suvihitaśiromaṇi	sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1396 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1339] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1404 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1347] . Maheśvaragrāma, Gujarat, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1396 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1339]
Hīravijaya	paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna	sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Somasundara	tapāgacchanāyaka, gaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja, sakalasuvuhitapurandara, yugottamasūri	sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): Friday (śukravāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1437 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1380] 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] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Hemavimala	paramaguru, tapāgacchādhirāja, gacchanāyaka	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466] . Vaḍagrāma Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1577Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1475 — 1520] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1481] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsanagara, Gujarata, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Vīsalanagara, Gujarat
Viśvabhūṣaṇa	yogīndra	bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Ratnasiṃha	gacchādhirāja	sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Vṛddhatapāgaccha, Ratnākaragaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1393] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1509Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1429 — 1453]
Jayatilaka		sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Ratnākaragaccha
Rājavijaya		sūri (sūri), vācaka (vācaka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1583]
Malliṣeṇa	maladhārin, deva	bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Digambara
Sakalakīrti		bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Mūlasaṃgha, Kundakundānvaya	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1473]
Puṇyaprabha		sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Bṛhadgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Jinaratna	bhaṭṭārakadeva, tapāgaccheśa	sūri (sūri), gaccheśa (gaccheśa), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1504 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1519Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1463]
Somasundara		sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Śvetāmbara	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 4 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1486Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429 — 1430] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1488Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1428 — 1431]
Sakalakīrti		sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]
Vimalacandrakīrti		ācārya (ācārya), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Digambara	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1513 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1457]
Lakṣmīcandra		bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk
Vijayacandra		bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk		Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1442]
Rāmasena		bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Rāmasenānvaya	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1604]
Devakuṃvara		sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)	Jaina monk	Bṛhadgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1486]

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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.