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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Akalaṅka deva, traividyadeva, bhaṭṭa, svāmin bhikṣu (bhikkhu), muni (muni), sūri (sūri), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa, Buddhist, Deśīgaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 710 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [788]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 777 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [855]
Amṛtavijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1638 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1582]
Bālacandra munirāja gacchādhipa (gacchādhipa) Jaina monk Vakragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1017 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1095]
Bālacandra ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Bhaktiviśāla paṇḍita sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jinaratnasūriśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1708 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1651] . Āgarā / Āgarā, Uttara Pradeśa, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1708 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1652]
Bhāvadeva ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Pipyotakaddha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1250 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1194]
Bhuvanasoma Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
Candradharma gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Dharmacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk
Dharmavijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Gāṅgā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
Gopanandin yatipati agraṇī (agraṇī) Jaina monk Vakragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 950 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1028]
Hemarāja Jaina layperson male Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1769]
Jina sūri sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pipyotakaddha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1253 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1196]
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1550-1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1513]
Jinamāṇikya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kalyāṇakīrti deva bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Vakragaccha
Kalyāṇavijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaraṅgasūriśākhā
Khetā muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kīrtivijaya budha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Vijayaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1700 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1644]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Kṣamāvijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Kuśalacanda sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
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
Lakṣmīvijaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Lālā ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Mahendracandra paṇḍitadeva Jaina monk Vakragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 925 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1003]
Mānatuṅga sūri (sūri) Bṛhadgaccha
Māṇikyanandin siddhāntadeva, munipa Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
Mativimala sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1723 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1666] . Āgarā / Āgarā, Uttara Pradeśa, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1731 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1675]
Meghacandra munipa, traividyayogīśvara Jaina monk Pustakagaccha
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1037 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1115]
Munisundara kālīsarasvatī, vādigokulasaṇḍa, śyāmasarasvatī, tapāgaccheśa, sahastrāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1438 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1381]
  2. Birth (janma): 1436 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1379]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1501Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1443 — 1444] . Vaḍalī, Gujarat, India / Gujarat, India
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1443 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1386]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1503 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1446] . Koraṭātīrtha, India
Nayakīrti siddhāntacakravartin Jaina monk Kundakundānvaya
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1099 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1177]
Netā muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Prabhācandra paṇḍita Jaina monk Deśīgaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 950 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1028]
Puṣpasena muninātha muni (muni) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 780 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [858]
Rāmābāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1638 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1582]
Raṅgaśrī Jaina nun Mūrtipūjaka
Raṅgavinaya sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jinaraṅgaśākhā
Ratnasī paṭṭālaṅkāra ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1632 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1575]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1648 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1591]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1632 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1686Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1575 — 1630]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1686 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1629]
Ratnaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Mūrtipūjaka
Rūparāja gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Satyalakṣmī gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Somā ṛṣi ṛṣi (ṛṣi) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Somanandana sādhu (sādhu), paṃnyāsa (paṃnyāsa) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1715 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1658] . Rājasthāna, Bīlāḍā / Rājasthāna, Bīlāḍā, India
Śubhakīrti deva, munipa Jaina monk Vakragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1020 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1098]
Śubhasundara sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1577]
Udayaharṣa sādhu (sādhu), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1710 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1654]
Unknown sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha

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