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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Agnibhūti anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Indrabhūti kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -551 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-608] . Gobaragrāma, Magadha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557] . Pāvā / Pāvāpurī (Mahāvīra Nirvāṇa Bhūmi), Bihāra, India
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-515] . Rājagṛha
Jambū svāmin, śrutakevalin, sthavira sādhu (sādhu), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), ācārya (ācārya), kevalin (kevalin) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -16 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-543] . Rājagṛha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 20 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 64Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-507 — -463]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463] . Mathurā
Keśi gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Maṇḍita sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Maurya sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Metārya gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Prabhāsa gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Prabhava śrutakevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -30 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-557]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): -30 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 75Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-557 — -452]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 75 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-452]
Sambhūtavijaya śrutakevalin, sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 66 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-461]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 66 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 156Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-461 — -371]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 156 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-371]
Śayyambhava śrutakevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma) Rājagṛha
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 64 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 98Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-463 — -429]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 98 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-429]
Śrīmala gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1630 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1573]
Sthūlabhadra śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra sūri (sūri), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411] . Pāṭaliputra
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 146 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-381]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 116 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-411 — -312]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Vaibhāragiri
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 219 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-308]
Subhadatta gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Sudharman svāmin, kevalin, sthavira anagāra (anagāra), gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara), sūri (sūri), chadmastha (chadmastha), kevalin (kevalin), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): -550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-607] . Kollākagrāma
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 20Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-526 — -507]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): -500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [-557]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 20 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-507]
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]
Vāyubhūti gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina
Vyakta sthavira gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara) Jaina monk Jaina

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