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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Ānaladevī devī Householder female
Anantavīrya Householder male
Bhīma deva Householder
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1234 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1236/1298Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1178 — 1211]
Bhīma deva, rāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1078 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1120Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1022 — 1064] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
Dalapata mahārāja, mahārājādhirāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1669 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1612]
Devadatta Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [413]
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Devarddhi vācanācārya, kṣamāśramaṇa gaṇin (gaṇin), vācaka (vācaka), sthavira (sthavira), vācanācārya (vācanācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 980 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 1006Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [453 — 479]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1006 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [479]
Dhanamitra sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [414]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 450-512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [424]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [456]
Ḍūṁgarasiṁha mahārāja Householder male Hindu
Ghīyāth al-Dīn Householder male Muslim
  1. Birth (janma): 1478 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1421]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1469 — 1500] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1501] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Gile, Sardāra Tekasiṃha Jaina layperson male Sikh
Jayasiṃha deva Householder male
  1. Birth (janma) Pālhaṇapura
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1199Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1094 — 1143] . Unknown / Gujarāt
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1199 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1142]
Jīvana Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1569 — 1501] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Kalāvatī
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 950 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [423]
Kāmarddhi
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 950 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [423]
Karṇa deva
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1120 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1150Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1064 — 1094]
Kelhaṇadeva Householder
Kṛṣṇa durjaya, sthavira sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Jaina
Lakṣmaṇasena Householder male
Lālacanda gaṇāvacchedaka (gaṇāvacchedaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1914 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1857] . Rāmasara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1927 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1870] . Nandarāya
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1995 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1938] . Syālakoṭa
Mahāvīra mahāvīra, saṃprāptasiddhisaukhyāmṛtātmā, lokālokadvayādhāra, sthāsnu cariṣṇu, samvidālokaśakti, jagatyacintyamāhātmyapūjātiśaya, tīrthakṛnnāmapuṇyaughamahārhantya tīrthaṃkara (tīrthaṃkara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) -543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-599] . Kuṇḍagrāma
  2. Death (nirvāṇa): 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) -470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-527] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
Megha mapharalamalika Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1469 — 1501] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Motīrāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1878 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1821] . Bahalolapura
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1908 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1851]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1958 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1901] . Ludhiyānā
Mūlacanda Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1956 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1899] . Deharā / Deharā, Hariyāṇā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1922] . Rohataka
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1963] . Mūnaka / Mūnaka, Pañjāba, India
Mūlarāja rāja Householder
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 998 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1052Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [942 — 996] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
Mūlarāja Householder
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1232 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1234Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1176 — 1178]
Nanda (ninth) Householder male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [ — -312]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [ — -312]
Nandas (first) Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 61 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-466 — -312] . Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Nandiṣeṇa maharṣi, ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Phūlacanda svāmin, saṃyamasūrya upapravartaka (upapravartaka) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1913] . Milagāṇā/Alavara
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1927]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1984 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1928]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā) Nāthā kā Nāṅgala/Sīkara / Rājasthāna
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 2058 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [2001] . Ratiyā/Fatehābāda
Premacanda upādhyāya (upādhyāya), pravartaka (pravartaka), mantrī (mantrī) Jaina monk Haridāsa Saṃpradāya (Pañjāba Lavajī Ṛṣi Saṃpradāya)
  1. Birth (janma): 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1900] . Naruvāla/Nāhana
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1919] . Ropaṛa, Pañjāb
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 2030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1974] . Dillī
Puñjarāja Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1469 — 1501] . Māṇḍū / Māṇḍava, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
Samarā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1371 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1314]
Sāraṅga sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1498 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1441]
Siddhārtha Jaina layperson male Pārśvanāthāpatyīya, Jaina
Śreṇika (Bimbisāra) Householder male Buddhist, Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-527] . Magadha
Śubhapati Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 820 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [763]
Tribhuvanapāla Householder
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1298 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1300Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1242 — 1244]
Triśalā Jaina layperson female Pārśvanāthāpatyīya
Unknown Non-Jaina mendicant
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 922-1010 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [909]
Vallabharāja Householder
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1052 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1066Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [996 — 1010] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
Vardhamāna Jaina monk Nāgendragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1140 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1083]
Vijayānanda mahāmuni, paṇḍitapravara, mahāmunirāja muni (muni), muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata
  1. Birth (janma): 1894 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1837] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  2. Birth (janma): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835] . Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba / Firozapura, Laharā, Pañjāba, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Kārttika (kārttika) 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Tuesday (maṅgalavāra) 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Caitra (caitra) 1892 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1835 — 1896]
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1910 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1853] . Mālera Koṭalā / Mālera Koṭalā, Pañjāba, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 8 Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1953 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1896] . Gujarāṃvālā

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