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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Vijayadāna	pāṭavī	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1496] . Jāmalāgrāma Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1610Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1502 — 1554] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1562 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1505] Initiation (dīkṣā) Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565] . Vaṭapallī
Ratnaśekhara	bālasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, tapāgacchādhirāja	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gaccheśa (gaccheśa)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 1457 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1400] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1516Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1459] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1463 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1406] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1517 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1460] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454]
Rāmacandra	sādhupūrṇimāpakṣamaṇḍana, vidhipakṣacūḍāmaṇi	sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Pūrṇimāgaccha, Sādhu Pūrṇimāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1433]
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
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]
Lakṣmīsāgara	sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri	sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)	Jaina monk	Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha	Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1536Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753 — 1479] . Rājapura / Rājapura, Gujarāta, India Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
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

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