List of Jains

Jain /ˈdʒeɪn/ is the title and name given to an adherent of Jainism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term jina ("conqueror" or "victor"). This article lists prominent individuals who have self-identified as a follower of Jainism.

Virchand Gandhi

Vikram Sarabhai

Veerendra Heggade

Devaki Jain

Ascetics

Bhadrabahu – last shrutkevali (knower of all Jain Agamas) and spiritual teacher of Emperor Chandragupta
Kumudendu Muni – author of Siribhoovalaya[1]
Kundakunda – Jain scholar monk, 2nd century CE, composer of spirituals such as Samayasara, Niyamasara, Pancastikayasara, Pravacanasara, Atthapahuda and Barasanuvekkha
Pujyapada
Siddhasena Divakara – author of Sanmatitarka Prakarana
Virasena – 9th-century mathematician
Acharya Chandana - The first female Jain Acharya
Acharya Shri Mahapragya – Acharya of Terapanth sect
Acharya Mahashraman – 11th Acharya of Terapanth sect
Acharya Shantisagar – 20th century Digambara Acharya
Gyanmati - Prominenet Digambara Jain Aryika
Acharya Vidyasagar – prominent Digambara Jain monk
Sushil Kumar – 20th-century Acharya and yogi; spread Jainism outside India
Jinendra Varni—Author of Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha and Saman Suttam compilation[2]
Prabhācandra—11th century CE Digambara monk

Business leaders / top executives

Ajit Gulabchand

India

Ajit Gulabchand[3] – leader of HCC Limited
Anand Jain – owner of Jai Corporations, Mumbai
Arun Jain – Chairman and Managing Director of Intellect Design Arena. Also the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Polaris Consulting and Services.[4]
Vinay Jain – Mitthan Lal Marketing Ltd.
Vinay Maloo – Chairman of Enso Group
Ambalal Sarabhai – Sarabhai group of Companies
Premchand Roychand – founding member of The Bombay Stock Exchange
Bhavarlal Jain – industrialist in Indian agriculture owner of Jain irrigation
Gautam Adani – Chairman, Adani Group[5]
Gulabchand Hirachand[6]
Kasturbhai Lalbhai – one of the founders of Arvind Mills (1931)
Lalchand Hirachand[7]
Mofatraj Munot – Kalpataru Ltd.
Narendra Patni – founder of Patni Computer Systems
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain – ex-editor, Times of India Group Publications
Mangal Prabhat Lodha – owner of Lodha Group,Mumbai
Walchand Hirachand[8] – founder, Walchand Hirachand group
Motilal Oswal[9] – Chairman and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Group
Pradeep Jain – owner of karbonn Mobiles
Raja Harsukh Rai—a builder of several Jain temples in and around Delhi[10]
Shantidas Jhaveri—Business Man during Mughal Era
Thakkar Pheru—Treasurer of Alauddin Khalji[11][12]
Sahu Todar—Supervisor of the royal mint at Agra during the rule of Akbar[13]
Seth Hukumchand - Cotton King of India.

Overseas

Ambika Bumb – CEO and founder of Bikanta, USA
Ajit Jain – President of Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group, USA
Anshu Jain – former co-CEO of Deutsche Bank
Naveen Jain – founder of InfoSpace and Intelius
Raj Jain – co-founder of Nayna Networks Inc., USA
Sanjay Jain—British Economist

Indian independence struggle

Mridula Sarabhai – Indian independence activist
Ambalal Sarabhai – Indian independence activist
Jagdish Chandra Jain – Indian independence activist
Lakshmi Chand Jain – independence activist
Mool Chand Jain – often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana"
Sohan Lal Jain – Gandhian
Daulat Mal Bhandari – Gandhian, first Member of Parliament from Jaipur, later Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Ajit Prasad Jain - (1902-1977) Union Minister UP congress president, Governor of Kerala and 4 time member of parliament

Political leaders

Monarchs

Abbakka Chowta[14] – Queen of Ullal
Amoghavarsha[15] – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
Bhamashah – adviser of Maharana Pratap hero of Mewar (Rajasthan).
Bhoja II - Shilahara King
Bimbisara – Magadh Emperor
Chandragupta Maurya[16][17] – founder of the Mauryan empire
Chavundaraya[18] - General of Ganga King Marsinha who built the Gomateshwara, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India
Durvinita – western Ganga king (Western Ganga Dynasty), Karnataka, India
Veera ballala – Hoysala king from Malenadu Karnataka, India
Kharavela[19][20] – Kalinga Emperor (Kalinga is today known as Orissa)
Kumarapala[21] – Solanki King
Mahendravarman I[22][23]
Samprati – Mauryan Emperor

Politicians

Mohan Lal Sukhadia – ex-Chief Minister of Rajasthan and ex-Governor of various states
Sunder Lal Patwa – ex-Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha – ex-Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Jayant Kumar Malaiya – current Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Gulab Chand Kataria – current Home Minister of Rajasthan
Dilipkumar Gandhi – Ahmednagar, MP of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
A. Rajendran – ex-MLA, Tamil Nadu
Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale – member of Legislative Council Maharashtra (1963-1972)
Vijay Rupani – current Gujarat state Chief Minister
L. M. Singhvi – former Indian Ambassador to UK, Member of Parliament
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Milap Chand Jain
Pradeep Jain Aditya – Minister of State in Rural development
Pusp Jain
Rajendra Darda – cabinet minister, Maharashtra
Raju Shetti Member Of Parliament, Hatkanangle Lok Sabha constituency.
Sunder Singh Bhandari – Governor of Gujarat
Suresh Jain – Indian politician
V. Dhananjaya Kumar – former Union Minister Government of India
Vijay J. Darda – member of Parliament
Anil Jain – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary
Satyendra Kumar Jain – Delhi Health Minister
Kavita Jain – Haryana Women and Child Minister
Paras Chandra Jain – cabinet minister in government of Madhya Pradesh
Mewaram Jain – MLA, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain – member of the Parliament of India
Meghraj Jain – member of the Parliament of India
Virdhi Chand Jain – member of the Parliament of India
Satya Pal Jain – member of the Parliament of India
Nirmal Chandra Jain – Governor of Rajasthan
Pusp Jain
Kailash Bhansali
Mishrilal Gangwal – former chief minister of Madhya Bharat state
Sudha Jain – Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh state
Abhayachandra Jain – Member of legislative Assembly Government of Karnataka. Indian politician from Karnataka state

Entertainment

Gundecha Brothers

Prateik Jain – Mr India World 2014, Top 10 in Mr World 2014
Abigail Jain – actress
Anand Gandhi – film director
Anandji Virji Shah – music director
Babla Virji Shah – music performer, singer
Bharat Shah – diamond merchant and film producer
Gundecha Brothers – exponent of dhrupad style of Indian classical music
Harshad Chopra – actor
Kalyanji Virji Shah – music director
Kiran Shah
Nirav Shah – cinematographer
Pamela Jain
Ravindra Jain – music director[24]
V. Shantaram[25] – filmmaker, film producer and actor
Viju Shah
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and music director[24]
Sooraj Barjatya – Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
Varun Jain – actor
Umang Jain – actress
Palak Jain – child artist
Vinay Jain – actor
Darsheel Safary – child artist
Mrunal Jain – actor
Bhavya Gandhi – child artist
Chandulal Jain – producer
Paras Jain – politician
Nishtha Jain – Indian film director
Ashok Jain – host
Nivedita Jain – Kannada film actress
Saurabh Raj Jain – actor
Sooraj Barjatya – filmmaker

Sports

Dilip Doshi – Indian Test and one-day cricketer
Anju Jain – Indian cricketer
Karu Jain – Indian cricketer
Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule – marathon runner

Authors

Champat Rai Jain, 20th-century Jain scholar

Ilango Adigal
Champat Rai Jain – influential Jain writer and apologist of the 20th century
Banarasidas – poet, spiritualist and thinker; composed the Banarasivilasa, Nataka Samayasara and his magnum opus, Ardhakathanaka, the first ever autobiography in Hindi literature
Nathuram Premi – publisher and scholar of Jainism, founder of Hindi Granth Karyalay and Manikchandra Jain Granthamala, historian, researcher, social reformer and editor of Jain Mitra and Jain Hitaishi'
Bhagchandra Jain 'Bhaskar' – scholar of Jainism, Buddhism, religious studies and ancient languages.; recipient of the President's (Rastrapati) Award; has written over 40 books and published more than 300 research papers
Bal Patil[26] – author, journalist, Jain activist and ex-member of Minority Commission, Government of Maharashtra
Padmanabh Jaini – author, Professor Emeritus Berkeley University
Jainendra Kumar
Kanhaiyalal Sethia
Shivakotiacharya
Adikavi Pampa – earliest Kannada literature
Janna – earliest Kannada literature
Virchand Gandhi – represented Jainism in 1893's parliament of world religions, delivered 535 captivating speeches in USA and Europe, and as activist initiated education of Indian women's in USA under banner of SEWI[27]
Taarak Mehta[28]
Banarasidas—Poet during Mughal India.[29]

Other

Acharya Rajneesh – "Osho" – mystic and spiritual teacher
Chandraswami
Jyotindra Jain[30] – cultural historian, museologist
Hiravijaya – influential Jain monk ( influenced Emperor Akbar)
Chitrabhanu-a prominent Jain scholar.
Jivaraj Papriwal—Installed 100,000 Jain images in the 15th century[31]

Scientists and mathematicians

Ancient

Modern

Jainendra K. Jain
Piyare Jain
Rakesh Jain
Ramesh Jain
Sachin H. Jain
Vandana Jain
Vikram Sarabhai, space scientist
Rishab Jain, named America's Top Young Scientist in 2018[32]

Social workers

Activists

Ajit Prasad Jain
Ambalal Sarabhai
Anasuya Sarabhai – pioneer of the women’s labour movement in India
Dhulappa (Anna) Bhaurao Navale – first individual Satyagrahi of Mahatma Gandhi from Satara District in which Sangli
Jagdish Chandra Jain
Lakshmi Chand Jain[33] – Ramon Magsaysay Award winner

Padma Shri awardees

Padma Bhushan awardees

Karmveer Bhaurao Patil - educationalist, founder of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha
Veerendra Heggade - Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of Dharmasthala Temple,[34] Karnataka, India
Kasturbhai Lalbhai
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai – space scientist
Devaki Jain
Girilal Jain
Ratna Sundar Maharaj – Jain spiritual leader

Padma Vibhushan awardees

Lakshmi Chand Jain[35]

References

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[1] ConchSolutions. "Siribhoovalaya | Siribhoovalaya Information | Siribhoovalaya reference and meaning". Conchsolutions.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[2] Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan

[3] "Wine and wondering with Ajit Gulabchand of Hindustan Construction - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[4] "Team". Jitopreneurs. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

[5] Chandna, Himani (5 February 2018). "The Rise Of The Tycoon". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[6] "Jivaraja Jaina Granthmala, No". Jainworld.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[7] "Legacy : Seth Lalchand Hirachand". Premier.co.in. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.

[8] "dated April 9, 1953: Walchand Hirachand passes away". The Hindu. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

[9] "Financial Services, Stock Market Research & Advice by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd". Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[10] Jain Jagran ke Agradut, A.P. Goyaliya, 1952

[11] Itihas ki Amarbel Oswal, Mangilal Bhutoria

[12] Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, trans., with introduction, Sanskrit chāyā and commentary, Ṭhakkura Pherūʼs Rayaṇaparīkkhā: A Medieval Prakrit Text on Gemmology (Aligarh: Viveka, 1984).

[13] Jyotiprasad Jain, Pramukh Jain Etihasik Purush aur mahilayen, Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1975, p. 284-285

[14] "The Intrepid Queen-Rani Abbakka Devi of Ullal". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.

[15] Reu (1933), p. 72.

[16] "Digambaras". Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[17] "Overview of World Religions". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[18] Kamath (2001), p. 45.

[19] "Maharaja Kharavela". Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[20] "Maharaja Kharavela's Family". Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[Luniya1978-21] Bhanwarlal Nathuram Luniya (1978). Life and culture in medieval India. Kamal Prakashan. p. 385. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[22] KAN Sastri, A History of South India, pp. 382-383.

[23] Stein, p. 122.

[Jains01-24] TNN (9 April 2015). "Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[25] Dwyer, Rachel. (2005). 100 Bollywood films. BFI screen guides. London:British Film Institute. ISBN 1-84457-098-3 p. 82.

[26] "History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration". Indologica. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[27] Jain, Pankaz; Dr. Bipin Doshi; Priti Shah. "Virchand Gandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi". A german e-magazine. herenow4u. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

[28] Talreja, Vinod (1 March 2017). "In pics: A look at the life of popular columnist Taarak Mehta". India.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[29] Ardhakathanaka: Half a Tale by Mukund Lath (Translator), Rupa & Co, 2005

[30] Jain, Jyotindra; Fischer, Eberhard (1978). Jaina Iconography - Jyotindra Jain, Eberhard Fischer - Google Books. ISBN 9004052593. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[31] Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (21 September 2010). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842043.

[32] "This 13-Year-Old's Tool Could Change Pancreatic Cancer Treatment". Time. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[33] "The 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, BIOGRAPHY of Lakshmi Chand Jain". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[34] Rons Bantwal (11 October 2011). "Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade Lauds Social Welfare of Bunts Sangh". Daijiworld. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[35] "1989 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Lakshmi Chand Jain". Rmaf.org.ph. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2012.