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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Jinasiṃha yugapradhāna vācaka (vācaka), ācārya (ācārya), yuvarāja (yuvarāja), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558] . Khetāsaragrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1623 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1566] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1615 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1558 — 1617]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617] . Meṛatā / Meṛatā, Rājasthāna, India
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1617] . Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India / Rājasthāna, Meṛatā, India
Vijayānanda tapāgacchanāyaka muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Vijayānandasūrigaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Rohā, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1594]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1585 — 1655]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1717 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1660]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1655] . Stambhatīrtha / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1654]
Vijayaprabha tapāgacchanāyaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1677 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1620] . Manoharapura, Kacchadeśa
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1629]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1690 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1634]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1749 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1692] . Unnatanagaraā / Unā, Hīravijayasūri Samādhi, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
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
Karmacandra Jaina layperson male Jaina
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Kakka vidvān sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1493 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1520Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [368 — 1463]
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha, Siddhācārya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Friday (śukravāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1560Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1447 — 1503]
Dharmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1542]
Muktisāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1857 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1800] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1914 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1857]
Lakṣmīsāgara sūri, tapāgacchanāyaka, yugapradhāna, tapāgacchādhirāja, prabhākara, rājādhirāja, mahābhāgyasūri sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1464 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1407] . Ūmatā, Gujarat / Gujarat, India
  2. 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
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1413]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1537 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1481] . Sumāhalī, Rājasthāna, Hāḍotī, India
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Jhāmbānīmba sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1475 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1418]
Vākurasiṃha mantrīśvara Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1655 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1598]
Mahādeva Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1518 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1462]
Jodhāṇī, Ratanasī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Nathu śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Jinacandra muni (muni), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1729 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1672]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1738 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1681]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1729 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1794Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1672 — 1737]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1794 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1737] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Poṭaliyā, Mehājala mahāśramaṇasaṃghādhipati Jaina layperson male
Dolatarāma Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Jayasāgara Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1528 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1472]
Lolāgara Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1565 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1509] . Medinīpura
Dedāgara Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1631 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1575]
Iśvaradāsa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Sagatasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Bheṃsā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Khuśālacandra Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1847 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1791]
Siradārasiṃha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1891 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1834] . Vīkānera / Bīkānera, Rājasthana, India
Haṭhīsiṃgha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1905 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1849] . Fālodhī, Rājasthāna, India
Harisiṃgha Jaina layperson male
Surajamala Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Sāhibade Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1654]
Sāraṅga sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
Jayanta mantrīśvara Jaina layperson male Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1528 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1471]
Unknown Jaina layperson male
Nāgarāja sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1549 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
Sāhibade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Sāvalaka Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1633]

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