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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Gaṃgarāja Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1522 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1466]
Unknown mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Jinaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1900] . Rājasthāna, Tiṃvarī, India / Rājasthāna, Tiṃvarī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Gulābaśrī mahattarā sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1879] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Friday (śukravāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1955 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1899] . Pālītāṇā, Gujarata, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2022Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1965]
Rūpaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1897] . Śeraḍī / Śeraḍī, Gujarata, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1971 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1914] . Rataḍiyā / Rataḍiyā (nānā), Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2032 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1976] . Koṭaḍā / Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Harakhaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1966 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1910] . Navāgāma, Gujarāta, Jāmanagara, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Monday (somavāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa(Dvitiya)) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1925]
Jagataśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1886] . Gundālā / Gundālā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1943] . Devapura / Devapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): Monday (somavāra) 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966]
Hemalatāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1999 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1942] . Punaḍī / Punaḍī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): Wednesday (budhavāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2044 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1987]
Khīrabhadrāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1905] . Āsamabia / Āsamabia Nānā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2006 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1949] . Āsamabia / Āsamabia Nānā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2048 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1992]
Aruṇodayaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1955] . Farādī / Farādī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Śrī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Tārādevī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1684 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1627]
Puṇya sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1915 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1858] . Jaisalamera
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1931 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1874]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Udhyota sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1918 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1861]
Lakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Śiva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Pratāpa sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1925 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1868] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1890]
Deva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Prema sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1954]
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī), pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1942 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1885] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1955 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1898]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2023 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1966] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Jñānaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1961 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1904]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1996 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1939]
Unknown sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Upayogaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1974 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1917]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2016 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1959] . Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India
Avicalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]

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