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Generic Name	Epithet	Position	Religious Status	Religious Affiliation	Life Dates
Sudharman	svāmin, kevalin, sthavira	anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri), chadmastha (chadmastha), kevalin (kevalin), ācārya (ācārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): -550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-607] . Kollākagrāma Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 20Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526 — -507] Initiation (dīkṣā): -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 20 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-507]
Suhastin	daśapūrvadhārin	ārya (ārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Vidyādharaśākhā	Birth (janma): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336] Initiation (dīkṣā): 221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-306] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-336 — -236] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 265 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-262] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-236] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India Death (mahāprayāṇa): 293 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-234]
Siṃhagiri	jātismaraṇajñānavān, sthavira	vācaka (vācaka)	Jaina monk	Śrīgṛhasaṃbhoga	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-57] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 547-548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [20]
Śivabhūti	sthavira	ārya (ārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina
Siṃha	sthavira	ārya (ārya)	Jaina monk	Jaina
Śāṇḍilya	sthavira	sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 399Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151 — -128] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 409 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-118] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128]
Sthūlabhadra	śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra	sūri (sūri), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411] . Pāṭaliputra Initiation (dīkṣā): 146 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-381] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411 — -312] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Vaibhāragiri Death (mahāprayāṇa): 219 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-308]
Satyamitra	pūrvadhārin, yugapradhāna	yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 953 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [426] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 500-531 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [458] Initiation (dīkṣā): 963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [907] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 953 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1000/1001Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [426 — 473] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1000/1001 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [473]
Śyāmārya	vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā	ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Śvetāmbara	Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247] Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Śrīgupta		ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 448 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-79] Initiation (dīkṣā): 483 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-44] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 448 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 548Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-79 — 21] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [21] Death (nirvāṇa): 548 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [21] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57]
Sambhūtigupta			Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 829-889 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [802] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 889 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [832]
Sambhūti			Jaina monk	Jaina	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780-829 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [747]
Saṃbhūtigupta		sūri (sūri)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 1221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [694] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1231 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [704] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1300Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [694 — 773] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 829 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [772] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 829 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [772] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1300 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [773]
Saṃbhūtivijaya			Jaina monk	Jaina
Sādhuratna		paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)	Jaina monk	Pārśvacandragaccha, Vṛddhatapāgaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1565Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1509] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1565 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1509]
Śīlamitra		sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 1652 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1125] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1663 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1136] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1652 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1762Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1125 — 1235] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1762 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1235]
Sumaṇimitra		sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Jaina	Birth (janma): 1810 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1283] Initiation (dīkṣā): 1822 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1295] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1810 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1918Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1283 — 1391] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1918 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [1391]
Śālibhadra	prabhu		Jaina monk	Rājagaccha	Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1260 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1203]
Siṃha		sūri (sūri), sādhu (sādhu)	Jaina monk	Kaṭukagaccha	Birth (janma): 710 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [183] Initiation (dīkṣā): 728 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [201] Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 710 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 826Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [183 — 299] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 356 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [299] Death (mahāprayāṇa): 310 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [253]

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