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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Akbar sāha Householder male Muslim
  1. Death (mṛtyu): 1605 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1548]
Āna Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1282 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1226]
Ānanda ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 1 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1957 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1901]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1970 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1913] . Mirīgāma, India
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Ātmārāma ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk
  1. Birth (janma): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1939 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1882]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Āṣāḍha (āṣāḍha) 1959 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1902]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1962]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Māgha (māgha) 2018 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1962]
Bhānucandra gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), mahopādhyāya (mahopādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1550]
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]
Della mahattara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
Harakhacanda gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
Hīravijaya paṇḍita, kālīsarasvatī, jagadguru, mahāprabhāvakartā, śatārthin, suvihitayatipati, vacanārādhaka, Vijayamāna sūri (sūri), gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja), bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526] . Pāhlaṇapura / Pālanapura, Gujarāta, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1596 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1539]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 9 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1583 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1526 — 1595]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1652 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1595] . Unnatanagara
Jasā Gālā raṇaka Jaina layperson male Hindu, Āgamagaccha
Jayacanda śrīpūjya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa
Jinahaṃsa paṭṭālaṅkāra, gacchādhirāja, Gaṇādhipa sūri (sūri), muni (muni) Jaina monk Bṛhatkharataragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1467] . Sevā
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1535 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1478] . Jesalamera, Rājasthāna / Jesalamera
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Wednesday (budhavāra) 2 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1556 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - Monday (somavāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1579Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1499 — 1522]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1582 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1525] . Pāṭaṇa
Jinakirti bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka) Jaina monk Laghvācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1715] . Phalavarddhigrāma / Rājasthāna
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 7 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1819Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1715 — 1762]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1819 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1762]
Jīva ṛṣi Jaina monk Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1550 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1493]
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1580 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1523]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1578 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1522] . Sūrata / Sūrata, Gujarāta, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Friday (śukravāra) 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1613 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Kamalakalaśa sahastrāvadhānī ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1554 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1498]
Kanakaprabha muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
Mūla Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1282 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1226]
Rūpa ṛṣi muni (muni) Jaina monk Lauṃkāgaccha, Gujarātīlauṃkāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1486]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1568 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1512]
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1543 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1585Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1487 — 1529] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1585 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1528] . Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
Saccikā
Śānticandra vidyāguru vācaka (vācaka), muni (muni), gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1650 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Śāntisāgara ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Ācāryīyakharataraśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1564 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1507]
Saubhāgyaharṣa sūri (sūri), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Jaina, Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1498]
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1563 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1507] . Vṛddhanagara / Vaḍanagara
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1555 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1499 — 1540]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 12 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1540]
Sīharaṇu Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1282 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1226]
Somavimala śatārthin, aṣṭāvadhānī sūri (sūri), upādhyāya (upādhyāya), gaṇin (gaṇin), gacchādhipati (gacchādhipati) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514] . Kaṃsārī, Gujarata, Khaṃbhāta, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 1618/1637Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1518 — 1570]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1574 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1517]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1637 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1580]
Sumatisādhu sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437] . Jāura(Jāvara), Rājasthāna, India
  2. Birth (janma): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1437] . Velāṃgarī, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1511 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1454]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1494 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1551Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1438 — 1495]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1491] . Pañcalāsagrāma, Gujarat, India
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1551 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1494] . Khamaṇūra, India
Sūrācārya ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Nirvṛtikula
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [903]
Unknown Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1607 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1550]
Vīradhavala mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Householder male
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1282 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1294Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1226 — 1238] . Gūrjaratrā, India / Gujarāta
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 1294/1295 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1238]

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