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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abhayadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
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]
Bhrātṛcandra mahāpratāpī, siddhāntapāragāmī, saṃvegaraṃgaraṃjita ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Pārśvacandragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1864]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1879] . Vīramagāma, Gujarāta, India / Vīramagāma, Gujarāta, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1920 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Wednesday (budhavāra) 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1972Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1864 — 1916]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Wednesday (budhavāra) 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916]
Della mahattara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
Dharmaghoṣa vādicandra, guṇacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Rājagaccha, Dharmaghoṣagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1144]
Dharmavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Vegaḍakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1422 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1365]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1430 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1373] . Śaktipura, India
Dinaśekhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045]
Dinna pūrvadhārin sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 614Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20 — 87]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [31]
Hemacandra kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088] . Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1229Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088 — 1172]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1229 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1172]
Hematilaka sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Jayaśekhara kavirāja sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1255 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1198]
Jayasiṃha muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1179 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1122]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1197 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1140]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1193 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1136] . Tharādra / Tharāda, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1268 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1211]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1258 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1201]
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
Jinadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1225 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1272Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1169 — 1216]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1272 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1216]
Jinavallabha gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1111]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1167 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1110]
Kakka vidvān sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1493 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1520Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [368 — 1463]
Keśi gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Maheśvara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pallīvālagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1101 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1150Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1045 — 1094]
Mahidhara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 397 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 425Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [341 — 369]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 425 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [369]
Mānadeva ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 780Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [694 — 724]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 780 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [724]
Maṇibhadra Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Megha ṛṣi gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati), muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Merutuṅga gaccheśa sūri (sūri), gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1403 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1346] . Nāṇīgrāma
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1418 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1361]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1471 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1414]
Naradeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [31]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 87 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 125Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [31 — 69]
Padmaprabha sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Bṛhadgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1240Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1143 — 1183]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1240 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1184]
Prasannacandra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1236 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1286Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1180 — 1230]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1286 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1230]
Ratnaprabha vidyādhara sūri (sūri), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Pārśvanāthāpatyīya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 52 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 84Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-475 — -443]
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 84 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-443]
Sadāraṅga sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1800 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1772Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1743 — 1716]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  3. Death (svargagamana): 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1716]
Samaya sūri (sūri) Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 670Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [549 — 614]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 670 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [614]
Śāṇḍilya sthavira sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 399Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151 — -128]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 409 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-118]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-128]
Śānti vādivetāla, kavīndra, vādicakrin sūri (sūri), ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Thārāpadragaccha, Khaṇḍillagaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, Bṛhadgaccha, Thārāpadragaccha
  1. Birth (janma) Unnatāyu, India / Uṇa, Banāsakānṭhā, Rādhanapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1040] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1096 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1039] . Raivataka / Giranāra, Gujarāta, Saurāṣṭra, India
Siddhasena divākara muni (muni) Jaina monk Vidyādharaśākhā
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 507 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-20]
Śīlaguṇa Jaina monk Āgamagaccha, Pūrṇimāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Sughoṣa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 397 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [341]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 397 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [341]
Surapriya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Brāhmaṇa, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [154]
Śyāmārya vācanācārya, daśapūrvin, kālikācārya, yugapradhāna, nigodavyākhyātā ācārya (ācārya), vācanācārya (vācanācārya), yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Śvetāmbara
  1. Birth (janma): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-192]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-247 — -151]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-151]
Unknown Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
Unknown Householder male Jaina
Vādideva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Vajrasena deśanājaladhara gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bṛhadgaccha, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1350-1400 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1383Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1318 — 1326]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1383 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1326]
Yaśobhadra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candrakula, Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1113]

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