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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Āmbā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Ananta
Anantahaṃsa gaṇin (gaṇin), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1540 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1483]
Āsā
Āsakaraṇa Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Balarāja Householder male
Bhadra
Bhadragupta daśapūrvin ācārya (ācārya), sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-99 — 6]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 454-493 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-54]
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā): 449 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-78]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 553 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [26]
Bhāṃlabdhi upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk
Bhānāka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1638 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1581]
Bhāṇavijaya muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
Bhānulabdhi gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Bhāramalla muni (muni) Jaina monk
Bhojā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Bhupativijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Cāndū Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cāritralābha muni (muni) Jaina monk Upakeśagaccha
Cāritravallabha gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Cauthā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Devagupta kavī, śāstrajña, siddhāntapāragāmī 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]
Devendravijaya muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Dhanabai āryā Jaina layperson female
Dhanapāla Jaina layperson male Jaina
Dharmalakṣmi sādhvī (sādhvī), mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1491 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1434]
Dharmasiṃha Jaina layperson male Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
Dūgaṛa, Dhanapati Siṃha rāyabahādura Jaina layperson male Lauṃkāgaccha
Gajasāra gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1581 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1524]
Gaṅgavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Jaina
Gogā sāha Jaina layperson male
Gorī Jaina layperson female Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Guṇasāgara paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1677 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1620]
Guṇasāra paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Guṇasaubhāgya sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1567 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1511 — 1596]
Hara Jaina monk
Harṣacandra Jaina monk
Īsara Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Jaitū Jaina layperson female Jaina
Jasavanta ṛṣi, gacchatilaka ācārya (ācārya), paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
  1. Birth (janma): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578] . Sojitrā, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1649 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1593] . Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1634 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 1688Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1578 — 1632]
Jayamalla Householder male
Jayavallabha vācaka (vācaka) Jaina monk
Jayavijaya munīśrī muni (muni) Jaina monk
Jeṭhū Jaina layperson female
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]
Jinavijaya paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Jaina
Jūṭhā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Kalyāṇasāgara añcalagaccheśa gaccheśa (gaccheśa), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1633 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1576] . Lolāḍagrāma
  2. Birth (janma): 1642 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1585] . Dhavalakapura
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1718 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1661] . Bhujanagara
Kamalavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Kapūravijaya paṇḍita muni (muni) Jaina monk Vijayaśākhā
Karamasī Jaina monk
Khetasī Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Khīmā Jaina layperson male Tapāgaccha
Kīrtisamudra muni (muni) Jaina monk
Kovarajāya sāha Jaina layperson male
Kṛṣṇadāsa
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1667 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1610]
Labdhisāgara kṛṣṇasarasvatī sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1557 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1500]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1559 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Saturday (śanivāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1565Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1503 — 1508]
Lāla paṇḍita
Lāla pārekha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Lālabāī suśrāvikā Jaina layperson female
Lalitasāgara muni (muni) Jaina monk
Laṭakaṇa Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
Mahipati Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Mahīsāgara paṇḍita, munivara muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1569 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1512]
Māṇikyaśekhara sūrīndra gaṇin (gaṇin), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1558 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1501]
Mundhayasāya Jaina layperson male
Municandra sūrīśvara, bhaṭṭārakadeva sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Bhīmapallīyaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1541 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1484]
Nāndā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Narasaṃgha
Nāsīra-ud-dīna pātaśāha Householder male Muslim
Nāthā Jaina layperson male Śvetāmbara
Nāyakade Jaina layperson female Mūrtipūjaka
Nayasiṃgha paṇḍita gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Nemacanda Jaina
Nihālacanda ṛṣi Jaina monk Bṛhadgujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
Paṃcāyaṇa Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1622 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1565]
Pāsavīra Jaina layperson male
Phūlāṃ Jaina layperson female Vijayaśākhā
Pocā Householder male
Popā
Rāghava rājyaṛṣi paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
Rāmacandra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Sūrāṇagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1935 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1878]
Raṃgacanda gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Rekkhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Ṛṣabha sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male
Rūpā sāha Jaina layperson male Jaina
Rūpala Jaina layperson female Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1317 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1260]
Sahajabai Jaina layperson female
Sahijā Añcalagaccha
Sakhīdāsa Householder male
Saṃgrāma Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Saṃkara Jaina monk Añcalagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1664 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1607]
Sekhā sāha Jaina layperson male Kharataragaccha
Siṃghavijaya gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Siṃghavimala muni (muni) Jaina monk Āgamagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1651 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1594] . Barkapallī
Śivanidhāna gaṇin (gaṇin) Jaina monk
Sonā Jaina layperson male Vṛddhatapāgaccha
Śrīnātha
Śrīpati ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk

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