Mahavira Smruti Granth Part 01

SR No.: 010530
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamtaprasad Jain, Others
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Society Agra
Total Pages: 363
Language: Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth
File Size: 9 MB

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JI. GOVIND PAI
1. c. the city of Valabhi was destroyed in 845 years aftes (the Nirvana of) Sri Mahivira and 375 years after the commencement of the era established by) Vikrama ; or in other nords the Vikrama era commenced 470 years after the Nircâra of Sri Mahāvīra.
(3) In the Pattavali of the Nandi sangha, as well as in the Vikramaprabandham
सत्तरि चतुसद सुत्तो जिणकाला विकमो हवइ जम्मो । i.e. Vikrama will be born, or in other words the Vikrama era will be established, 470 years after the Nirrāra of Mahavira
These quotations suffice to prove that the Vikrama era of 57 B G commenced 470 years after the Niroanna of Mahāvira, wherefore the latter event would readiiy secm to have occurred in 527 B. C.
In scveral Jaina works on the other hand the Norvāna of Mahāvira has been refered to the Salivahana Saka 1. e the Salivahana era, of 78 A.C., which is popularly, though of course wrongly, known as the Saka era, and which is widely in vogue in southern India in much the same way as the Vikrama cra is current in northern India. Some of the quotations from them are as follows(1) In the Vicāra-Sreni of Meratunga Acārya -
श्री वीरनिवृतेः पड्मिः पचोत्तरैः शतैः ।
शाक सवत्सरस्यैषा प्रवृत्तिभरतेऽभवत् ।। i. e. 605 years after the Nirvana of Sri Mahāvīra, the Saka era became current in India. (2) In Titthögali Painnaya –
पंच य मासा पच य बासा छच्चेव होति वास सया। ।
. परिणिबुअस्सऽरिहवो तो उप्पन्नो सगो राया ॥ ६२३ ॥ . i.e. When 605 years and 5 month had elapsed from the Nirvana of Mahavira, the Saka king arose 1. e. the Saka era was established. *(3) In Tiliya Pantatts
णिग्वाणे वीर जिणे छन्वास सदेसु पृच वारसेतु ।
पण मासेसु गदेसु सजादो सग णिओ अइया ।। १४९९ ॥ . i.e. When 605 years and 5 inonths bad elapsed from the Nirvāna 'of Mahāvīra, the Saka King however appeared 2 e. the Saka era came to be established
(4) In the commentary Dhavala Siddhānta of Vīrasēna Ācārya – • पचमासाहिय पञ्चुत्तर छस्सद वासाणि (६०५-६) हवति एसो वीर जिर्णिद णिवाणगद दिवसादो आव संगकालस्स आदी होदि वावदिय कालो।