Gurus & Sanghs

Acharya Shri 108 Aadisagarji Maharaj

Acharya Akalanka

8th century CE, c. 720–780

Acharya Shri Anandrishi Ji Maharaj

1900–1992

A senior Acharya of the Sthanakvasi Shraman Sangh, known for his scholarship and for work towards unity among Sthanakvas…

Acharya Shri Bhikshu

1726–1803

Founder of the Shwetambar Terapanth order, established in 1760. He emphasised a single Acharya, a single code of conduct…

Acharya Shri 108 Gunsagarji Maharaj

Acharya Shri Haribhadra Suri

8th century CE (scholars debate whether one or two Haribhadras are conflated)

Acharya Shri Hemchandracharya

12th century CE, c. 1088–1173

Gandharacharya Shri 108 Kunthusagarji Maharaj

Acharya Shri Mahapragya

1920–2010

Tenth Acharya of the Terapanth, and the principal developer of Preksha Dhyana, a system of meditation drawn from Jain so…

Acharya Shri 108 Mahavirkirtiji Maharaj

Acharya Mallavadin

5th–6th century CE

Acharya Manatunga

7th century CE (some estimates run later)

Manikyanandi

10th–11th century CE

Acharya Prabhachandra

11th century CE

Acharya Pujyapada

5th–6th century CE

Acharya Ravisena

7th century CE

Acharya Samantabhadra

2nd century CE (disputed; some scholars place him as late as the 6th–7th century)

Acharya Shri 108 Sambhavsagarji Maharaj

Acharya Shri 108 Sanmati Sagar Ji Maharaj

Acharya Siddhasena Divakara

5th century CE

Acharya Shri 108 Sunil Sagar Ji Maharaj

Acharya Shri Tulsi

1914–1997

Ninth Acharya of the Terapanth. Launched the Anuvrat movement in 1949, offering small, practical vows of self-restraint …

Acharya Umasvati

2nd–5th century CE (widely disputed)

Vadibhasimha

10th–11th century CE (dating uncertain)

Acharya Vadideva Suri

12th century CE

Acharya Shri 108 Vardhman Sagar Ji Maharaj

Acharya Shri 108 Vidya Sagar Ji Maharaj

Acharya Shri Vijay Nemisuri

1873–1949

Known for the restoration and consecration of temples across Gujarat, and for encouraging the preservation of manuscript…

Acharya Shri Vijay Vallabh Suri

1870–1954

Disciple of Acharya Vijayanandsuri, remembered above all as an educationist. He urged the community to build schools and…

Acharya Shri Vijayanandsuri (Atmaramji Maharaj)

1837–1896

A leading reformer of the nineteenth century. Invited to the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, he did not t…

Acharya Shri 108 Vimalsagarji Maharaj

Acharya Virasena

8th–9th century CE, c. 750–825 (some sources give 792–853)