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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abhaya sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1980 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1923]
Abhayaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2019 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1963] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2019 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1963] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
Abhayamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Abhayasundarī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Sāgaraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1750 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1693]
Abhu sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Adū sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Āgamariddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Tapāgaccha
Āgamavṛddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1323 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1266] . Jābālipura, India
Ajabaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Jaina
Ajāī mumukṣu (mumukṣu) Jaina nun Rāmasenānvaya
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1702 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1646]
Ajita sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1969 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1912]
Ajitaprabhā Jaina nun
Ajitaśrī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1227 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1170] . Marūkoṭa, India
Ājñāvallari gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Akakā Jaina nun Aryaśrīkāsaṃbhoga
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 59 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [2]
Akalakaṃvara Jaina nun
Akhayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Akhemālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1851 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1794] . Stambhanakapura / Khambāta, Gujarāta, India
Akhilayaśā Jaina nun
Akṣayaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2002 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1946] . Kānḍāgarā, Kaccha / Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1988 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1932]
Akṣayasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Pauṣa (pauṣa) 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768] . Bhuṃbhā Daḍā, India / India
Amara gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amarā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Amarasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amaraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amarendraśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1963 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1907] . Kaccha, Gujarata, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 2006 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1949] . Pālītāṇā, Gujarata, Saurāṣṭra, India
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 2048 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1992] . Koṭaḍā / Koṭaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Amarū Jaina nun
Amitaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1975] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1975] . Bhuja / Bhuja, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Amitaprabhā Jaina nun
Aṃjanā Jaina nun
Amolaka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Amṛitā Jaina nun
Amṛta sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1905]
Amṛtā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Amarasiṃha Sampradāya
Amṛtā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Amṛtā Jaina nun
Amṛtā Jaina nun
Amṛtacūlā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1841 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1784] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
Amṛtalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1821 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1764] . Talavāṭa / Talavadā, Gujarāta
Amṛtāṃ Jaina nun
Amṛtāṃ Jaina nun
Amṛtāṃ Jaina nun
Amṛtāṃ Jaina nun
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1825 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1768]
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 1830 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1773] . Siddhagiri / Pālitānā, Gujarāta, India
Amṛtasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Deśanoka, India / India
Amṛtaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1348 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1291] . Prahlādanapura
Aṇacāṃ Jaina nun
Aṇacāṃ Jaina nun
Ānanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina nun
Ānandakumārī sādhvī (sādhvī), agragaṇya (agragaṇya) Jaina nun
Ānandamālā sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Āṇandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1666 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1609]
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 13 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1846] . Dillī / Delhi, Delhi, India
Ānandasiddhi sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1867 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1810] . Pālī / Pālī, Rājasthāna, India
Ānandaśrī mahattarā (mahattarā) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
Āṇandaśrī gaṇinī (gaṇinī) Jaina nun Kharataragaccha
Ānandaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916]
Ānandaśrī gaṇinī gaṇinī āryikā (gaṇinī āryikā) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
Ānandaśrī Jaina nun
Anantaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2022 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Rāmāṇīyā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2022 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1966] . Rāmāṇīyā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
Anantalakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): Saturday (śanivāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1324 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1267] . Jābālipura, India
Anantāmatī ganti (ganti) Jaina nun Navilūrasaṃgha
Anantaratnāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2040 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1984] . Talwāṇā / Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2040 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1984] . Laijā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
Anekāṃtaprabhā Jaina nun
Aṇimāśrī Jaina nun
Anopakumārī Jaina nun
Anubhava sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 8 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1902] . Śājāpura, India / Śājāpura, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1979 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1922]
  3. Death (mṛtyu): 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Phālguna (phālguna) 2043 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1986]
Anupama sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āśvina (āśvina) 1976 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1919]
Anupamāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1962 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1906] . Talavāṇā / Talavāṇā, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1956]
Anuprekṣāśrī Jaina nun
Ārādhanāśrī Jaina nun
Ārāma sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1968 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1911]
Arcanāśrī Jaina nun
Arcanāśrī Jaina nun
Arhadaguṇāśrī Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 2047 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1991] . Cāngaḍāī / Cāngaḍāī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2047 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1991] . Mālīyā / Gujarāta, Rājkoṭa, India
Arhamaprabhā Jaina nun
Arhatprabhā Jaina nun
Aruṇaprabhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1992 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1936] . Bhujapura / Bhujapura, Gujarāta, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2012 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1956]
Aruṇaprabhāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1987 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1931] . Ḍumarā / Gujarāta, Kaccha Abaḍāsa, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
Aruṇaprajñā Jaina nun
Aruṇodayaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1972 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1916] . Āsamabiā / Āsamabiā Moṭā, Gujarata, Kaccha Kanṭhī, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2011 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1955] . Farādī / Farādī, Gujarāta, Kaccha, India
Āṣālakṣmī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1371 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1314]
Āsāṃ Jaina nun
Āsāṃ Jaina nun
Āśāṃ Jaina nun
Āsāṃ Jaina nun
Āsamatī Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1230 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1173]
Āsamatī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1265 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1208] . Lavaṇakheḍā, India
Āśāvatī Jaina nun
Aśoka sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Initiation (dīkṣā): 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1991 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1934]
Aśokaśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1947 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1891] . Laijā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1985 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1929]
Aśokaśrī Jaina nun
Āsthāprabhā Jaina nun
Ātmāguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun
Ātmaguṇāśrī sādhvī (sādhvī) Jaina nun Añcalagaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1988 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1932] . Bīdaḍā / Bīdaḍā, Gujarāta, Kaccha (Kanṭhī), India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1964]
Ātmāyaśā Jaina nun
Atulaprabhā Jaina nun
Atulayaśā Jaina nun

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