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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Bahula daśapūrvin ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-277]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 325Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-277 — -202]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 325 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-202]
Balissaha vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, sthavira sūri (sūri), gaṇācārya (gaṇācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Uttarabalissahagaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [273]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-198]
Bappabhaṭṭi sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [744] . Dūmbāudhī, Pañcāla
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 807 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [750]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1365Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [744 — 838]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1365 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [838]
Bhāṇavijaya muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Bhuvanakīrti Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1530-1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Brahmamuni sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1590]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1590]
Candraprabha munipati ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Pūrṇimāgaccha, Rājagaccha, Pradhānaśākhā / Ḍhanḍheriyāśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1114 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1058]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1159 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1102]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1124 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1068]
Dākṣiṇyacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Devacandra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saravālakagaccha, Saravālakagaccha
Devānanda prabhu, munīśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1275 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218]
Devaprabha maladhārin, prabhu sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Harṣapurīyagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1275 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1218]
Haṃsa Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
Indradinna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Jinabhadra Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1170-1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1133]
Jinacandra muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1140]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1203 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1146] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1223Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1140 — 1166]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1223 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1166] . Śāhajahānābāda / Dillī, Delhi, India
Jinavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1752 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1695]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1793 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1736]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Wednesday (budhavāra) 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1770 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1713]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1799 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1742] . Pādarā, India / India
Jītavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1643]
Jīvavijaya paṇḍita Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kamalakalaśa sahastrāvadhānī ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
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
Mahendra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Saravālakagaccha
Mānadeva Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
Māṇikyakamala Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1740 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1683]
Māṇikyaratna Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Merūlakṣmī pravartinī (pravartinī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Municandra gaṇanātha, tārkikaśiromaṇi, bālabrahmacārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Darbhāvatī, Gujarat, India / Dabhoī, Gujarat, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1121]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1121]
Muniratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
Nanna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 850 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [793]
Nayasundara Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Nayavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1653]
Padmanandin vratīśa, mantravādin, muninātha, mantravādīśvara muni (muni) Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1178]
Paramahaṃsa Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [870]
Pārśvadeva gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Saravālakagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1112]
Prabhācandra deva Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1100 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1178]
Ratnakīrti maṇḍalācārya Jaina monk Digambara
Sakalabhūṣaṇa Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1627 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1570]
Samayakamala Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1663]
Śānti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1113]
Siddha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Śīlaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1434]
Siṅghavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Śivavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Somadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1520 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1522Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1464 — 1466]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa) Vardhamāna, Gujarāta / Vaḍhavāṇa, Gujarāta, India
Sumatikīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1556]
Sūraprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1193]
Tilakacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1193]
Tilakakamala muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1653]
Vijayadeva mahātapā sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1577 — 1656]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1713 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1656] . Unnatanagara
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1681 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1624]
Vinayaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1636 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1580]
Vīra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha, Saravālakagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1160 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1103]
Vivekaratna muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1636 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1580]

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