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Time-Decision.
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There is no doubt that the revelation of this secret can shed much light on the long and wide chronology of Jain scriptures. The fourth opinion, which is the one prevalent today, according to which the Vira Nirvana Samvat is considered to be 2451 at present. The following verse from Triloksar also mentions this opinion:
"Panchhasya vassan panamasajudan gamiy viranivvudo.
Sagarajo to kakki chadunavatiyamasagamasam." || 850 ||
Although, regarding this opinion, it cannot be said with certainty whether, according to it, the birth of the Saka king is considered to be 605 years and 5 months after Vira Nirvana, or the birth of the kingdom or the end of his reign is meant by it; yet it can be said for sure that if the reign of the Saka king began 605 years after Vira Nirvana, then the reign of King Vikram also began 470 years after Vira Nirvana - not 488 years later; because the difference of 135 years is well-known in the reigns or eras of both, which cannot be formed if the beginning of the Vikram reign is considered to be 488 years later. And therefore, what is written in the Prakrit Pattavali etc. that Vikram was born 470 years after Vira Nirvana, it may be his birth as a king - not as a body. Birth as a body can only be understood if the beginning of the Saka Samvat is also considered to be from the birth of the Saka king.
. 1 In this verse, it is stated that the Saka king was born 605 years and 5 months after Vira Nirvana and the Kalki was born 394 years and 7 months after Saka.