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Generic Name Epithet Position Religious Status Religious Affiliation Life Dates
Abhayacanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
Ānanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
Ariśṭanemi siddhavidyādharārcita, śiṣyānekaparigraha ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Digambara
  1. Death (nirvāṇa) Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
Bhadrabāhu śrutakevalin, sthavira, caudapūrvadhāra paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara), ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Jaina
  1. Birth (janma): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433] . Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-433 — -357]
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-357] . Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
Bhīmarāja Jaina layperson male Jaina
Candragupta muni (muni) Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) [-312] . Pāṭaliputra
Cāritrasundara sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1510]
Deva vādin, vivādin, sarvajñadeva, sakalavādimukura muni (muni), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Caturviṃśatisūriśākhā
  1. Birth (janma): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1086]
  2. Birth (janma) Maḍāhṛta, Gujarata, India
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1152 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1095]
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1143 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1086 — 1170]
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 7 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1226 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1169]
Devagupta sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Mūrtipūjaka
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): Thursday (guruvāra / bṛhaspativāra) 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1530 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1473] . Dedrāṇā, Gujarat, India / India
Diṇḍika rāja Householder male Digambara
Gāndhī, Vīracanda Rāghava Jaina layperson male Jaina
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1893 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1837]
Gheū Jaina layperson female Jaina
Guṇavinaya gaṇin (gaṇin), upādhyāya (upādhyāya) Jaina monk Kharataragaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1640-1660 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1593]
Hemacandra kalikālasarvajña, rājaguru muni (muni), ācārya (ācārya), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Candragaccha
  1. Birth (janma): 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088] . Dhandūka, Ardhāṣṭamadeśa / Dhaṃdhukā, Gujarāta, Bhāla, India
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 15 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Kārttika (kārttika) 1145 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1229Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1088 — 1172]
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā): 1150 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1093]
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1229 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) [1172]
Jāṇaka ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Jayakalyaṇa sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha, Kamalakalaśaśākhā
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1510]
Jayamanḍāna sādhu (sādhu), sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534]
Kānha muni (muni) Jaina monk Jaina
Karmaṇa ṛṣi sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Jaina
Khīmacanda Jaina layperson male Jaina
Maṇilāla sāha Saṃvarī Kaṭukagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1960 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 2035 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1904 — 1978]
  2. Death (mṛtyu): 2035 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) [1978]
Rājala Jaina layperson female Jaina
Ratnasāgara Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1587 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1531]
Śāntisena Vidrumādhara muni (muni) Jaina monk Digambara
Saubhāgyamanḍana sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1612 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1556]
Saubhāgyaratna sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1570 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1514]
Siddhā ācārya (ācārya) Jaina monk Chidreṇīkagaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1500 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1444]
Vidyāmanḍana sūri (sūri) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1614Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [ — 1558]
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa): 1597 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1614Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1541 — 1558]
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
Vinayamaṇḍana muni (muni), pāṭhaka (pāṭhaka) Jaina monk Vṛddhatapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1648Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534 — 1592]
Vivekamanḍana vāstuśāstrī sādhu (sādhu) Jaina monk Tapāgaccha
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī): 1590 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) [1534]

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.