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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abhayacandrikā bhuvanakhyātā Jaina layperson female Digambara
Abhirāma deva, rāya Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 860 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [938]
Acala sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1504]
Acaladāsa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Adā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Adā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Adā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Adālajā, Laṣamā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1480 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1424]
Adālajā, Nirīyā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1450 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1394]
Ādityavarman
Āḍu Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āgā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1404 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1348]
Ajā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Ajabo bāi Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Ājī Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Āka Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Ākā vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1460 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1404]
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]
Akālavarṣa
Akhayarāja Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1518]
Ālhaṇa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1394 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1338]
Āma Householder male
Āmacandra śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318]
Amarā śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Amararatna sūrīśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Amarasī sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Amarasīha sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Āṃbā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1505 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1449]
Aṃbā Jaina layperson male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1485 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1429]
Āmbada
Āṃbālī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āṃcaliyā, Bālacanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905] . Baṛī Pādū / Rājasthāna, India
Amolaka ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1934 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1878] . Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India / Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1944 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1888]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1993Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1936] . Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India / Madhya Pradeśa, Bhopāla, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1993 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Duḷiyā, Madhyapradeśa, Khāndeśa, India / Duḷiyā
Āmradeva
Ānā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āṇanda suśravaka, śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āṇanda Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āṇandacandra seṭha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
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]
Anubhava sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Śājāpura, India / Śājāpura, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 2043 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1986]
Anupamā devī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Anuto Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Apā vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1533 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1477]
Arasī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Arasimayya Jaina layperson male
Ārdradeva Jaina layperson male Digambara
Arikesarin Householder male Śaiva, Śaiva
Arisiṃha śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Arjana Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1546 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1489]
Arjuna Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1501 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1445]
Arjuna Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1339 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1282]
Arjuna Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1395 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1339]
Arjuna Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1523 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1467]
Arjuna Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1553 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1497]
Arṇorāja jāgīradara
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1174]
Āryarakṣita muni (muni), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Sārdhapaurṇimīyakamata, Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079] . Dantāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089] . Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1146 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1089]
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1136 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1236Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1079 — 1179]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1236 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1179]
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Āsā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1440 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1384]
Āsā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1490 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1434]
Āsā sāha Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1456]
Āsā vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā Jaina layperson male Upakeśagaccha
Āsā śreṣṭhin Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsā Jaina layperson male
Āsā vyavaharī Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1506]
Āsadhara Jaina layperson male Jaina
Āsakaraṇa sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Āsakaraṇa śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Phālguna (phālguna) 1724Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [ — 1667]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Phālguna (phālguna) 1724 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1667] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
Āsakaraṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jayamalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1812 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1890]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1908]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1812 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1882Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1756 — 1825] . Tivarī
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1882 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1825]
Āsakaraṅa Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Āsapāla Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1310 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1254] . Uccāpurī
Aśvarāja Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Aśvasena
Ātmārāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1939 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1882]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1902]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1962]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1962]
Avicalaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911] . Nāgapura / Nāgaura, Rājasthāna, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1989 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1932]
Bacchā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Bacharāja Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1499 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1442]
Bachāvata, Jasakaraṇa Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1952 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1895] . Saradāraśahara / Saradāraśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Badāṇī, Kamaḷaśī Jaina layperson male
Baḍūā Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
Baḍūā
Baḍūyā Jaina layperson male Caitragaccha
Bahādura, Pratāpasiṃha bābū Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835]
Bahora, Karaṇaga Jaina layperson male Āgamagaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1467 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1411] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Bahurā ṭhākura / ṭhakkura Jaina layperson male Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): About 1478 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1422]
Baida, Cāndamala Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1906] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Baida, Jasakaraṇa Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Baida, Jesarāja Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1954 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1897] . Rājaladesara, Rājasthāna, India
Baida, Mahālacanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1964 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1907] . Lāḍanūṃ / Lāḍanūṃ, Rājasthāna, India
Baida, Mahālacanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Baida, Ratanalāla Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923] . Gaṃgāśahara / Gaṃgāśahara, Rājasthāna, India
Baidamuṃhatā, Munnālāla Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1906] . Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Bāījī Jaina layperson female Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1574]
Baiṃgāṇī, Devacanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī) Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna
Baiṃgāṇī, Nemīcanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1985 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1928] . Bīdāsara / Rājasthāna
Baiṃgāṇī, Tilokacanda Jaina layperson male Terāpantha
Bāīyā Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka

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