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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Amaracandra siṃhaśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Amarakīrti gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Ānanda vyāghraśiśu, samarthavādī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1118]
Ānandavimala tapasvin, paṇḍita, suvihitāgraṇī sūri (sūri), agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Suvihitapakṣagaccha, Vairīśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1547 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1490]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1552 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1495]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
Devendra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1327Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1270]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1327 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1270] . Unknown / Mālava
Devendra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Devendravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Dīpacanda muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1819 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1763]
Durga svāmin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [883]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 902 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [846]
Garga maharṣi, ṛṣi ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā) Śāṇapura, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 912 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [856]
Goṣṭhāmāhila Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 584 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [57]
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Guṇavardhana paṇḍitaśiromaṇi, paṇḍitapravara muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1625 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1569]
Hastivijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1871 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1815]
Hemakīrti Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Hīra mumukṣu (mumukṣu) Jaina monk Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Jagaccandra hirā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caitragaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1285 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1295/1296Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1228 — 1239]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1295/1296 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1239]
Jasaharṣa muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Jasakusala Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
Jayakuśala Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1665 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1608]
Jayarāja sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
Jayasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1693 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1637]
Jayatilaka gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
Jñānarāja paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Jñānasundara sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Kanaka yati (yati) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543]
Karpūravijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1704 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1647]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1664]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Monday (somavāra) 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1775 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1718]
Kīrtiratna sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1765]
Kīrtisundara muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Kuśalavijaya paṇḍita Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Labdhodaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Lakṣmīpramoda muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1662 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1606]
Maheśadāsa muni (muni) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1819 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1763]
Mahimāvijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Malukaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1744]
Mānadeva paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 994 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [938] . Ṭeligrāma, Rajasṭhāna, Ābu taleṭi (arbudācala), India
Matilāvaṇya paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1543]
Matisāgara ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1693 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1637]
Megharāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1659 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1602]
Molhā sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1584]
Nāgajīsvāmī muni (muni) Jaina monk Sāyalā Sampradāya
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1869 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1813]
Narendrakīrti ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Nemicandra sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1169Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1072 — 1112]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1112]
Nemicandra saiddhāntikaśiromaṇi gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1135-1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]
Padmaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1240Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143 — 1183]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1240 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1184]
Pradyotana paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pradyotanagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 944-1144 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [987]
Pratāpavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1871 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1815]
Puṣpamitra sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Buddhist
  1. Birth (janma): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23]
  2. Birth (janma): 552 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [25]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 567 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [40]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 550 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 610/617Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [23 — 86]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 616 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [89]
  6. Death (nirvāṇa): 610/617 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [86]
Rājakīrti vācanācārya, vācakaśiromaṇi muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544]
Rajendraratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1794]
Ratnacandra muni (muni), sūri (sūri), paṇḍita (paṇḍita) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1594]
Ratnaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
Śāntisoma sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Saubhāgyaharṣa sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]
Saubhāgyaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Saubhāgyavimala muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1636]
Siṃhapramoda muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Sobhā muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1584]
Śrībhūṣaṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Sarasvatīgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1617 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1561]
Śrīsāra upādhyāya (upādhyāya), muni (muni) Jaina monk Sārīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Śubhacandra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Mūlasaṃgha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1600 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1613Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1544 — 1557]
Tejaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1893 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1837]
Udayasāgara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
Udayavimala sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Vimalaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1654]
Vijayacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Vijayakesara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1933 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1877 — 1930]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1894] . Baṛaudā / Vaḍodarā, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1986 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1930]
Vijayamohana sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1950 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1893]
Vijayasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1223]
Vimalacandra sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1674Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1613 — 1618]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1656 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1599]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
Vimalasāgara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1674 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1618]
Vinayacandra upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1280-1350 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1258]
Vīra sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1584]
Vivekadhīra paṇḍita, vāstuśāstrī gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina, Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531]
Vṛddhivimala muni (muni) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1692 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1636]
Yaśobhadra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1135-1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1085]

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.