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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Amarasiṃha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1478 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1421]
Āṃbā
Āṃbā
Āṇandaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Āsā
Āśāditya
Baḍūā
Bakāī Jaina layperson female Jaina
Balarāja Householder male
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Bhīma paṇḍita muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Bhuapativijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk
Ḍāhā
Dayāsāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1557Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455 — 1501]
Devā
Devagupta kavī, śāstrajña, siddhāntapāragāmī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Devaratna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Devendravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Dharmaratna sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina, Dhaṃdhūkāpakṣa
Dhārū Jaina layperson female Jaina
Dīpavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Devasūrigaccha
Droṇa ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1063]
Gadā
Gajasāra upādhyāya (upādhyāya)
Gogā sāha Jaina layperson male
Goinda Jaina layperson male
Gumānā Jaina layperson female
Harṣacandra Jaina monk
Hemahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1514 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1457]
Jagajīvana Jaina monk
Jaitū Jaina layperson female Jaina
Jayacandra kṛṣṇasarasvatī, tapāgacchanāyaka, tapāgaccheśa, bhāratī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1502 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1505Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1445 — 1448]
Jayakīrti gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka), sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), gaccheśa (gaccheśa) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1433 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1376] . Timarīnagara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1444 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1387]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1481 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1425]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1431 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1500Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1375 — 1443]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1443] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Jayakīrti vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
Jayanidhāna muni (muni), vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk Jaina, Sāgaracandrasūriśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1646 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1589]
Jayasāgara śāstrakṛt mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jinarājasūriśākhā, Kharataragaccha
Jeṭhū Jaina layperson female
Jinakīrti sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437]
Jinakuśala nānādādā, dādojī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280] . Samiyāṇāgrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1330 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1273]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1347 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1290]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1337 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1280 — 1332]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1389 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1332] . Derāura
Jinalabdhi guru, kūrcālasarasvatī, yatīśvara, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1343]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1406 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1349] . Nāgapura
Jinaprabha ghūrṇasarasvatī, pratyakṣasarasvatī sūri (sūri), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Laghukharataraśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1326 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1269]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1385 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1328]
Jīvanavījaya Jaina
Jñānaharṣa gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Jñānasāgara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1405 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1348]
  2. Birth (janma): 1404 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1347]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1417 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1360]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1405 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1460Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1348 — 1403]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1460 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1403]
Jñānaśīla gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Jogā Jaina layperson male
Kālū Jaina layperson male Jaina
Kalyāṇacandra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Kamalavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Kanakajaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Kanakasundara upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Karmanandana muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Kelā mantrī Jaina layperson male
Kīrtivallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
Kulaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Lālavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Laṭakaṇa Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
Līṃbā
Mādhava paṇḍita
Mahimarāja gaṇin (gaṇin), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1455]
Mānadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Candrakula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [883]
Manasukha
Meghacanda Householder male
Mohaṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina, Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1401 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1344]
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 muni (muni) Jaina monk Caitragaccha
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
Nāthā Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
Nāyakade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
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]
Nemisundara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha, Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1720-1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1678]
Nītavijaya
Nyāyasāgara gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Ojhā, Rudra
Padamā Jaina layperson male
Padmaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha
Pañcāyāṇa Jaina layperson male
Pradyumna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina, Candragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [863]
Pūnāī Jaina layperson female
Puṇyanandana paṃnyāsa (pannyāsa), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Puṇyaśobhā gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Pūrī Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Rājalakṣmī Jaina nun
Rājavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin)
Rāmāka Jaina layperson male
Rāmavijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Raṃgacanda gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Raṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Ratnasaṃyama muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Rāyacanda Jaina layperson male
Rūpāī Jaina layperson female Kharataragaccha
Sāha, Kānhā Jaina layperson male
Sāha, Rāghava Jaina layperson male Jaina
Sahijā Añcalagaccha
Sakhīdāsa Householder male
Samayamāṇikya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Saṃghavī, Ḍālī Jaina layperson female

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