saṉvat

a-sakṛit

with saṉvat-sarasya, oftener than once a year PārGṛ.

vikramâ̱ditya

N. of a celebrated Hindū king (of Ujjayinī andﾠ supposed founder of the Mālava-Vikrama era
<cf. saṉvat>, which begins 58 B.C. <but subtract 57-56 from an expired year of the Vikrama era to convert it into A.D.>;
he is said to have driven out the Ṡakas andﾠ to have reigned over almost the whole of Northern India;
he is represented as a great patron of literature;
nine celebrated men are said to have flourished at his court < seeﾠ nava-ratna>, andﾠ innumerable legends are related of him all teeming with exaggerations;
according to some he fell in a battle with his rival Ṡāli-vāhana, king of the south country orﾠ Deccan, andﾠ the legendary date given for his death is Kali-yuga 3044 < which really is the epoch-year of the Vikrama era>;
there are, however, other kings called Vikramâditya, andﾠ the name has been applied to king Bhoja andﾠ even to Ṡāli-vāhana) Inscr. Kathās. Vet. etc.;
of a poet Cat. (- koṡa m. N. of a dictionary;
- caritra n. N. of a poem = vikrama-c-;
- rāja m. N. of a king)

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