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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Keśava pūjya ācārya (ācārya), muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618 — 1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663] . Kolade, India / Kolade
Jagamāla ṛṣi, gacchanāyaka paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Amūrtipūjaka, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494] . Nānapurā / Nānāpurā, Gujarāta, Kathiawad, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1494]
Bhīma gacchanāyaka muni (muni) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
Rūpa ṛṣi gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1511]
Rūpasiṃha Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1658 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1602 — 1640]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1675 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1697 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640] . Kr̥ṣṇagaḍha / Kiśanagaḍha, Rājasthāna
Dāmodara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1672 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1615] . Ajamera,, Rājasthana, Indīa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1680 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1624 — 1640]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1632]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1696 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1640]
Bhāṇaka ṛṣi muni (muni), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1540Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1476 — 1484]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Varasiṃha paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533] . Sādaṛī, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1606Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1550]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1589 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1662Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1533 — 1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606] . Delhi / Delhi, Delhi, India
Varasiṃha śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507] . Pāṭaṇa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1587Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531 — 1531]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1508 — 1567] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1644 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1567] . Stambhanaka / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Akṣayarāja ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Ajayarāja sūri ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
Saravā ṛṣi, munīndra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Amūrtipūjaka, Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1497]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Tārācanda ṛṣi Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Kṛṣṇacandra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Lāhaurī / Uttarārdha Lauṃkāgaccha (Saravāmata)
Bhāda ṛṣi muni (muni), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483] . Ahamadābāda
Nūna ṛṣi, gacchanāyaka Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1493]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1545 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1488]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Dīpāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Padmā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Mohaṇade āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Ratanāṃ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Vījāṃ sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Javaṇāde āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Lohāgade āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Sadā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Keśara āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Nāṃbāī āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Phūlāṃ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Teja muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Bhīma muni (muni) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Gorajāṅ āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Bhāgu āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Ratnā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Ladhdā āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Sabarāja Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
Dhanno āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Lakṣmī āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Sukhamanī āryā (āryā) Jaina nun Lauṃkāgaccha
Vimalacandra śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rājacandra śrīpūjya paṭṭadhara (śrīpūjya) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rāvatamala vidvān Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919] . Pulāsara / Pulāsara, Rājasthāna, India
Kalyāṇadāsa muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1730 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1673]
Ratanacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1868]
Jinaśāntisāgara bhaṭṭārakottama Jaina monk Vijayagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
Rūpacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rūpa muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Navala muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Devacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Sthānakavāsin
Dharmasiṃha muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Dharma muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khemarāja ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Dhanarājaśākhā
Āsakaraṇa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Bhūdhara muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Mayācanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Karamasī muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Kesara muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Prema muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rupacanda Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Lālacanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Lauṃkāgaccha
Cothamala ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khīma ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Cothamala ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khusyālacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Devacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Vṛddhalauṃkāgaccha
Bhīma ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Pūrṇa muni (muni) Jaina monk Vṛddhalauṃkāgaccha
Khīmā muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Dīpacanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Keśarāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayagaccha
Mohana ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhallauṃkāgaccha
Jagasī ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhallauṃkāgaccha
Megharāja vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Bhikṣu ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Terāpantha, Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1783 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1727]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1793]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1808 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1752]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1804] . Kelavā / Kelavā, Rājasthāna, India
Karmasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1688 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1631]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613 — 841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1697-98 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [841] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
Lālacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Lālacanda ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rūpacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Kusala sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Sukhalāla ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khusyāla sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Ratnacandra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Motīcanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khuśālacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Kaviyaṇa sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Ācāryapakṣa
Rāyacanda ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Khemo ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Mūlacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Dharmasiṃgha muni (muni) Jaina monk Dhanarājaśākhā
Hīrācanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rāmacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Premarāja ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Karamacanda ṛṣi Jaina monk Vijayagaccha
Khubacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
Kisana muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Āsakarṇa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Ācāryapakṣa
Sundara ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Megharāja muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Nandalāla muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha

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