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remarks on the inscription of Prithvidêva of Vikrama-Samvat 1247 ......... ............ 138 Ratnarâja (Kalachuri of Ratnapur); his wife was Nônalla ...................
............... 138 ratha-ashtami, a tithi in the bright fortnight of Magha............
............ 136, 216 ratha-saptami, a tithi in the bright fort.
night of Magha .......... ............... 136 and n. Rayâmâl, a village in Gujarat; mentioned
under the ancient name of Raiva ......... 193n. Râypur District, an inscription from the, edited 135 regnal or dynastic years, which have furnished
the origin of most of the Hindu eras, can come to be ordinarily quoted as expired years, only when the era has been adopted by astronomers for astronomical processes, 209; - instances of regnal years used in dates, 8, 10, 142, 240, 264, 265, 266, 298, 299, 300; - a curious use of the era-year in
connection with the regnal year... 297, 299, 300 Rehatsek, Mr.; his proposal for amending
the translation of Albêruni's words regard.
ing the origin of the Gupta era ............... 243 Rohi, an ancient village in Central India...... 231 Reinaud, M.; the origin of the mistake in his
translation of Alberuni's statement regard.
ing the Gupta era ........................ 243, 245f. Rêwah, a State in Central India; the grant of
Kirtivarman, of the (Kalachuri) year 926, edited, 224ff. ; - examination of the date, 219n.; - the grants of Salakshanavarmadêva, of Vikrama-Samvat 1253, edited, 227; - of Kumarapaladêva, of VikramaSamvat 1297, edited, 230; -and of Hari. råjadova, of Vikrama-Samvat 1298, edited 234 Rhages, an origin of the name ................... 339 Rig Veda, Hymns of, an examination of, 324f.;
- traces of Indo-Aryan dialects in, 325ff.; - X. 18, discussed 327f.; - Dr. Ludwig's notes on passages in the .......................... 328 Rind, a Gipsy tribe of the North-West
Provinces .................. ......................... Rockhill's Life of Buddha, notice of ......... 25 rod, miraculous, in folktales ........................ 204 Rudhwårå, probably nore correctly Vagh
wära, a village in Gujarat; mentioned under the ancient name of Vaghauri ......... 184 Rupar, great darbár at ..........................56, 7ff. Rustem-ul-Hukemå, note on .....................115f. Ruyyaka's Sahridayalılá, Pischel's Ed.,
notice of ......
Sadhli, a village in Gujarat; mentioned
under the ancient name of Sraddhika ...... 193 sahadéía or sahadébin, belonging to the
same country with '............ 310 n., 311 and n. Såhåņus&hi; Prakrit form of Shahanushahi. 95 Såhasånka, a biruda of Sahilladeva ......... 8,11 Sabaspar inscription of Kalachuri-Samvat,
934; examination of the date.................. 217 Sahi; - Pråkpit form of Shahi................... 95 Sahilla, Thakkura, of the Rajamala family,
136, 137 Sahilladêva (Paushaņavamsa), founder of the
family to which Sômavarmadêva belonged, 8,11; -- he had the birudas of Karivarsha, Såhasanka, Nissankamalla, and Matamatasingha, 8, 11; - his wife was Rardhadevi,
8,11; - his conquests.... ...................8, 11 Saka era; an era of northern origin, commencing in A.D. 78, though usually represented as commencing in A.D. 79; according to the chief Hindu tradition, its starting point was the defeat of a Saka king by king Vikramaditya of Ujjain, 208;according to a later tradition, it dates from the birth of king Salivahana of Pratishthâna; but there is no proof of his name being connected with it before the thirteenth century A.D., 208 n.; - its real historical starting point was the commencement of the reign of some particular king or kings of the Saka tribe, 209; - the Saka era considered to have been used by the Turushka kings, and to have originated with Kanishka, 89; - even in Southern India, the amanta arrangement of the lunar fortnights was not used with the Saka era, for the civil reckoning, till between A.D. 804 and 866, . . 141ff. ;-a note on the epoch and reckoning of the era, 206ff.;quotations of the reckoning of this era, both by current and by expired years, from Hindu almanacs, which give its total duration as 18,000 years, 205 to 208, 200 n.; - the present reckoning in Southern India is by current years; while the reckoning in Northern, Western, and Central India, is by expired years, 208; - the habitual quotation of the latter reckoning has led to the mistaken idea that the era commenced in A.D. 79, .. 208 and n. ; -- but it really commenced in A.D. 78, . . 208; - the years of the era were originally regnal or dynas. tic years, and must have been used as current years, 208, 209; -the substitution of the Saka era for the Kaliyuga era for astronomical purposes, which would introduce the ordinary use of its years as
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Sabhrawin, see Sobraon. ............................ Sada Kanwar, her treatment by Ranjit Singh, 22, 23; - her death......
23 Saddharmalamkára was written in the reign
of Parâkramabâhu VII. ......................... 128
