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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Amarasiṃha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
  1. Birth (janma): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1719 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1741 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1685]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 14 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1719 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1812Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1663 — 1756] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1812 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1756] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Caraṇamatī gaṇinī sādhvī (sādhvī), gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1234 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1177] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
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
Jinadatta vidhipoṣaṇa, moṭādādā muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1132 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1075] . Dhūndhaka
  2. Birth (janma)
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1141 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1084]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1132 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1211Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1075 — 1154]
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1211 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1154] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Jinapati sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1218 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1161] . Śāhajahānābāda / Dillī, Delhi, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Caitra (caitra) 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1277Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1153 — 1220]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1277 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1220] . Prahlādanapura
Jñānasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Māgha (māgha) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Kamalacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kṛṣṇagaccha, Tapāśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1510 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [753]
Lokendrakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgauraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1830-1840 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1778]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1840 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1783] . Malakāpura
Mādhava yuvācārya (yuvācārya) Jaina monk Megharāja Upaśākhā (Bharatapura Upaṣākhā)
  1. Birth (janma): 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1872]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1940 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1884] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1981Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1872 — 1925] . Ratalāma
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1981 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1925]
Moticanda, Śivacanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1914 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1857]
Nidhānasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Māgha (māgha) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Prabhācandra vādin paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1307 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1250]
Puṇyodaya Jaina monk Jaina
Puṣpasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Māgha (māgha) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Rāmadeva Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1260 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1203]
Ratnasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Māgha (māgha) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Saṃdhīraṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1240 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1183]
Satyasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Māgha (māgha) 1928 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1871] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Śeṣakarana Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851]
Śiva sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1912 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta)) [1990] . Phalavardhikā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1932 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1875]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1965 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1908] . Ajayameru / Ajamera, Rājasthāna, India
Somadeva Jaina monk Mūlasaṃgha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1239 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1182]
Unknown Jaina layperson male Jaina
Vāghamala, Ghanarūpa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853]
Vasantakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Balātkāragaṇa
Vijayakīrti paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Nāgauraśākhā
Viveka Jaina monk Jaina

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