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Research and Conclusion commencement of the Vikrama era. According to the unanimous opinion of historians, the Vikrama era started
1. (a) Jaṁ rayanim Kālagao, arihā titthařkaro mahavīro.
Tam rayaņim avamivai, ahistto pālao rāyā !! 1 !! Satthi Pälayaranno (60), Panavannasayam tu hoi nandānam
(155) Asthasayam muriyāṇam (108), tīsa cciya pūsamittassa
(30) !! 2!! Balamitta-bhānumitta saţthi (60), vari-sāṇi catta (4) nahavăne! Taha gaddabhilla-rajjam terasa (13), varisa sa gassa cau
(varisa) (4) !! 3 !! Śri Vikramādityaśca pratibodhitastadrājyam tu śrī
vīrasaptati catuṣtaye (470) sarnjātam !" -Tappăgaccha Pattāvali by Dharmasāgara Upādhyāya (Ed.
and Tr by Panyas Kalyan Vijayji), pp. 50-52. (b) Vikramarajjārambhā parao siri vīra nivvui bhaniyā ! Sunna muniveya jutto vikkama kālau jinakålo !!
Vikramakālājjinasya vīrasya kālo jinakālaḥ śunyaḥ (0), muni (7), veda (4) yuktaḥ! Catvārimśatāni saptatvadhikavarsāņi śrimabāvīravikramadityayorantaramityarthaḥ ! Nanvayam kālaḥ vīravikramayoḥ katham ganyate, ityäha vikramarājyārambhāt parataḥ paścāt sriviranirvṛttiratra bhanitā ! Ko bhāvah srīvīranirvāṇadinādanu,470 varše vikramādityasya rajyārambhadinamiti !
-Vicăra-śreņi by Merutunga pp. 3-4. (c) Punarmannirvānāt saptyadhikachatu satavarse (470) Ujj
ayinyām srivikramādityo rājā bhavişyati......svanāmnă ca samvatsarapravștim karişyati ! - Śrī Saubhāgyapañcamyādiparvakathāsamgraha, Dīpamāli
kā Vyākhyāna, pp. 56 57. (d) Mahāmukkha gamanão pälaya-nanda-candaguttā iräisu
bolinesu causaya satterahim vikkamäicco Täyā hohi ! · Tattha satthi varisanam pālagassa rajjam, panapannam nandānam, atthottara sayam moriyam vansānam, tīsam pūsamittassa, satthi, balamitta-bhāņumittanam, calisam naravāhanasya, terasa geddabhillassa, cattāri sagassa! Tao vikkamāi
cco !
Vividha tirthakalap (Apāpabrhat-kalpa), pp. 38-39.
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