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‖ Vikrama, n.|ˈvɪkrəmə|
Formerly also Vikramaditya (see def.).
[Skr., lit. ‘valour’.]
attrib. In Indian chronology, pertaining to or designating an era traditionally beginning with a victory of King Vikramāditya over the Śaka in 58 bc.
[1788Asiatick Researches I. 130 Sombot—implies the æra of Raajaa Beekromadeetyo.] 1858E. Balfour Cycl. India Suppl. 685/2 Vikramaditya era, the era of Vikramaditya, is in general use throughout Telingana and Hindustan, and is called Samvat or vulgarly Sambut. 1910Encycl. Brit. XIII. 497/1 The Vikrama era, which is the earliest of all the Hindu eras in respect of order of foundation, is the dominant era and the great historical reckoning of Northern India. 1922Cambr. Hist. India I. vi. 155 The traditional date of Mahāvīra's death on which the Jains base their chronological calculations corresponds to the year 470 before the foundation of the Vikrama era in 58 b.c. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet vi. 344 Kanishka overthrew the Sakas in the eastern and southern Punjab, and founded the Vikrama dynasty. 1989Encycl. Brit. XX. 645/2 To reduce Vikrama dates to dates ad, 57 must be subtracted from the former for dates before January 1 and 56 for dates after. |